LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 95 



HeMISPIKEEIUS NIGER. 



Hemisphoerius niger, Walk. Journ. Linn. Soc. i. 155, 66. 



a. Malacca. From Mr. Wallace's collection. 



6. Java. From the East India Company's collection. 



These two species are larger than those from Borneo, and in 

 one of them the head is wholly pale testaceous. 



V Hemisphoerius torpidus. 

 Hemisphoerius torpidus, Walk. Journ. Linn. Soc. i. 155, 68. 

 a. Borneo. From Mr. Wallace's collection. 



r& Hemisphoerius btpustulatus. 



Testaceus ; vertex transversus, fusco binotatus ; from faciesque 

 elongate, flavce, rufo bivittat<e; abdomen apice nigrum; aloe 

 anticce costa basi nigro notata extus fusco unimaculata. 



Testaceous. Vertex transverse, with a brown mark on each 

 side; front and face forming a flat fusiform yellow compartment, 

 with two red stripes. Abdominal appendages mostly black. Fore 

 wings with a very convex costa, which has some black marks 

 towards the base, and a brown spot beyond two-thirds of the length. 

 Length of the body If line ; of the wings 4 lines. 



a. Ceylon. From Mr. Cuming's collection. 



Hemisphcerius rufovarius. 



Testaceus; vertex transversus, rufo notatus ; frons disco rufo; 

 fades nigra; prothorax rufo trinotatus ; mesothorax rufo 

 bivittatus ; abdomen subtus nigro fasciatum ; aid antic a sat 

 angusta. 



Testaceous. Vertex transverse, with a red mark in the disk ; 

 front and fapfc flat; front with a red disk, much shorter and broader 

 than that of^?/. bipustulatus ; face black, lanceolate. Prothorax 

 with three minute red marks. Mesothorax with a red stripe on 

 each side. Abdomen with a black band beneath. Fore winsrs 



