378 list of homopterous insects. 



/ '^ 1. Hemisph(ebius Coccinelloides. 



Issus Coccinelloides, Burnt. Meyeii, Reise, ZV. Act. Ph. Med. Soc. 



C. Leop. n. c. xvi. 305, 38, pi. 41, f. 11. 

 Hemisphoerius Coccinelloides, Schaum, Allg. Enc. Wissench. Kunst. 



i. 51,71. 



a. Philippine Islands. From Mr. Wood's collection. 

 h. Philippine Islands. From Mr. Cuming's collection. 



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 O 2. Hemisphcerids flavimacula, Mas. 



Ferrugineus^ Jiavo varius ; abdomen Jlavo fasciatum ; pedes flavi, 

 ferrugineo varii ; alee anticce ferruginea, Jlavo guatuordecim 

 maculateB. 



Body ferruginous, convex, like a Coccinella in shape: head 

 much more than half the breadth of the fore-wing near the base ; 

 crown yellow, nearly straight before and behind, ferruginous and 

 rather narrower in front ; its breadth slightly exceeding its length ; 

 front pitchy, long, diamond-shaped, adorned with two yellow bands, 

 the first slightly curved, the second straight ; epistoraa very small, 

 tawny : mouth yellow : eyes not prominent : fore-chest extremely 

 short : middle-chest yellow, triangular, with a ferruginous border : 

 abdomen nearly semicircular, a little shorter than the chest ; hind 

 borders of the segments yellow : legs yellow; thighs adorned with 

 ferruginous bands ; shanks pitchy above ; feet ferruginous ; hind- 

 shanks armed with two black-tipped spines : fore-wings ferruginous, 

 very convex, quite coriaceous, each adorned with seven yellovv^ spots ; 

 the first at the base; the second and third in the middle ; the fourth, 

 fifth and sixth forming an interrupted band near the tip, the sixth 

 sometimes united to the seventh, which is narrow and accompanies 

 the fore border to the tip. Length of the body 2 lines ; of the wings 

 5 lines. 



a. Hong-Kong. Presented by J. C. Bowring, Esq. 



/^ 3. Hemisphcerius contusus, Mas. 



Fulvus ; pro thorax Jlavo unimaculatus ; mesothorax undecimstri- 

 afuft ; abdomen Jerrugineum ; pedes nigri, fulvo varii ; alee 

 anticcB fusete, apice Julvo maculatcB ; alee posticce subJulvcB. 



Body tawny, in shape like that of a Coccinella: head about 

 half the breadth of the fore-wing near the base, mottled with yellow 



