52 Dr. F. B. White on new Species 



VIII. — Descriptions of new Species of Heteropterous Ilemiptera 

 collected in the Hawaiian Islands hy the Rev. T. Blackburn. 

 —No. 3. By F. Buchanan White, M.D., F.L.S. 



ScutelleridaB. 



28. Coleotichus Blackhurnice^ n. sp. 



G. elongato-obovatus, coccineus, pnncturis aureo-viriclibus et cyaneis 

 confertim ornatus, marginibiis lineaque central! impunctatis ; 

 capite supra levissime, subtus forte convexo, apice obtuse rotun- 

 dato, lateribus (postico excepto), tj'lo et linea central! obtuse 

 elevatis ; antennis articulis primo secundoque subsequilongis, 

 tertio, quarto quintoque longioribus et inter se subaequilongis ; 

 rostro coxas intermedias attingente ; pronoto marginibus latera- 

 libus et ad angulos anticos subdepresso, bis subincrassatis rectis, 

 angulis lateralibus prominulis obtusiusculis ; scutello abdomine 

 subangustiore, linea central! subelevata ; prostei'ni lobis pro- 

 stethioque postico subimpunctatis ; ventria segmentis pone spi- 

 racula macula distinctius punctata destitutis, angulis apicalibus 

 Begmentorum secund! usque sexti distincte dentato-productis ; 

 segmento anal! maris a basi sensim producto, medio transversim 

 baud profunde depresso, apice subtruncato. Capite confertissime 

 punctato, marginibus (postico inter ocellos excepto), linea central!, 

 et linea tenuiore iitrinque prope basin et cum linea central! 

 parallela, necnon tylo laevigatis ; pronoto intra margines anticum 

 lateralesque subtilius et crebrius, disco rude et irregulariter 

 punctato, marginibus maculis irregularibus prope marginem 

 anticum et linea central! impunctatis ; scutello limbo per- 

 angusto et linea central! laevigatis ; elytris inter venas conferte 

 punctatis, area magna triangular! ante membranam laevigata. 



(J . Long. 16|, lat. 8 m. m. 



Of this fine species (which I have dedicated to Mrs. Black- 

 burn) I am sorry that I cannot give a better description as 

 regards the colour. I have described it as being scarlet on 

 the authority of Mr. Blackburn, who lias met with three 

 specimens. The one sent to me is (perhaps from having been 

 in alcohol) ochraceous brown in colour, thickly punctured 

 with golden green and dark blue, and only showing a trace of 

 the red ground-colour on the scutellum. Under these circum- 

 stances I have said as little as possible regarding the colour, 

 reserving a description of that till I have seen other specimens. 

 Mr. Blackburn remarks that this is one of the rarest of the 

 Hawaiian Hemiptera, only three specimens having been taken, 

 and these at long intervals. It occurs on flowers near 

 Honolulu. 



The occurrence of a species of the genus Coleotichus in the 

 Hawaiian Islands is rather interesting, as the genus has hitherto 



