.Mr. W. L. Distant on CoickUu. 421 



wcdgc-sliapcd spot on anterior area and connected witli each 

 lateral niar>;iii of pronotuni, basal an;iles and apex of scutelluin, 

 a rounded discal spot to corimn, rostrum, lefjs, margins of 

 pro-, meso-, and metasternum (broadly), margins of al) lo- 

 minal segments, a central and four lateral macular fasciae 

 (two on each side) to abdomen, and subquadratJ spots to 

 connexivum (above and beneath) black j membrane pale 

 stramineous. 



First and second joints of antennae longest and sub^qual in 

 length, third and fourth shortest, third slightly longer than 

 fourth. Pronotum rugulose and coarsely punctate, the lateral 

 angles produced into broad flat processes with convex apices, 

 lateral margins rounded, two levigate spots on anterior area ; 

 scutcllum and corium very Hnely punctate; rostrum passing 

 the anterior coxiej lateral margins of the metasternum ob- 

 liquely straight. 



Long. '22 nnllim. ; exp. pronot. angl. 9 millim. 



JJdb. Ecuador, Porvenir {P. 0. Simons, Brit. Mus.). 



A species rendered very distinct by the much produced 

 pronotal angles. 



PjirsojiEsiy.E. 



Genus RiiYTtcoKis. 



Rhyticoris spinipes. 



Lygeeus spinijyes, Pal. liuauv. Ins. p. 203 ; Hem. pi. xii. fig. o (ISOo). 

 Piezoyaster patHhis, Walk. Cat. Hem. Het. iv. p. o7. n. '6 (1871). 



Genus PUYSOMKUUS. 



Phijsomerus yroxsipes. 



Ljiyawi grossiiKs, Fabr. Ent. Sjst. iv. y. Lio (I7U4). 

 I'hysoitaius delineatus, Walk. Cat. Hot. iv. p. od. u. o (1871). 



Genus ACANTHOCOKIS. 



Acantliocoi'is obscuvicornis. 



AcanthocortK ohsrun'iornin, Dall. List Hem. ii. p. oK). n. 4 (18o2). 

 Acanthocoris tarsalt'it, W.ilk. Cat. Hut. iv. p. 117. n. 8 (1871 J. 



Acanthocon's esau^ sp. n. 



Body above and beneath, anterior femora, and posterior 

 femora and libiie dull brownisli ochraceous, thickly and longly 

 ])ilose; anterior and intermediate tibiie brownish, anterior 

 tibire with a broad ochraceous annulation near base; con- 

 nexivum with obscure ochraceous spots ; membrane piceous, 

 black at basal angle. 



