in tJie Brllinh Museum. 



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coviuni sliow a certain resemblance to those of Polyerates, 

 while those on the membrane can be seen suggested, much 

 more faintlj, in Ligyrocoris. 



Fig. 2. 



Lygceites amabiliSy sp. n. 



There is a slight superficial resemblance to the Reduviid 

 ^enus Prosttmntci, species of which I saw in the British 

 Mustami. 



Similar markings on the membrane are faintly shown in 

 Zeridoneus costalis (Van Duzee). 



Lygceites acourti, sp. n. (Lvga^idge ?.) (Fig. 3.) 



Width 4 mm. ; length of scutelluni 3-2 mm. ; base of 

 scntellum to apex of membrane 7*5 mm. 



Seutellum coarsely but not very densely punctured, the 

 punctures on disc more or less in transverse rows, those near 



Fio;. 3. 



Lygaites acourti, sp. u. 



the sides denser and coarser; a pair of oblique, more or less 

 ss'iniluiiar, pale bands, their concave faces directed toward 

 htteral margins ; corium punctured, with inner margin, next 

 to scutcllun), pallid ; several more or less evident round pale 

 spots, a pair at each side of apex of seutellum, nearly midway 

 between it and outer margin ; one in middle line, nearly 

 2 mm. beyond end of sculellum ; one on each side, laterad of 



