1878.] HEMIPTERA. OF ST. HELENA. 4/5 



utrinque pone ocellos), pronoti margine antico maculis 7, 3 inter- 

 mediis elongatis magnis transversis infasciam scepe confluentibus, 

 disco fascia transversa abbreviata, limbo postico, necnon macula 

 parva utrinque ad angulos laterales, scutelli macula elongata 

 utrinque ad basin, elytrorum maculis plurimis subquadratis arei- 

 formibus, sterna abdomineque nigris ; sterni lateribus, abdominis 

 seg mentis 6° et genitalibus {his nigro-signatis) pedibusque brunneo- 

 testaceis ; femoribus anticis et intermediis supra, posticis totis 

 (basi apiceque exceptis), tibiis posticis magnam ad partem, tar sis 

 anticis et intermediis ad apicem, posticorum apicibus articulorum 

 omnium, unguiculis oculisque nigro-brunneis ; alis nigro-fuscis 

 nigro-venosis ; elytris areis apicalibus marginalibus nigro-mar- 

 ginatis 6 instructis. 

 6 $ • Long. 3-4 1, lat. l|-2 m. m. 

 Hab. in excelsioribus insulse, ad " Diana's Peak." 

 In stature and general colouring rather like the preceding, but dis- 

 tinguished at first sight by the much more numerous markings. 

 Vertex more obtusely rounded in front and less prominent. Elytra 

 with the veins scarcely distinguishable, covered with many somewhat 

 square- shaped cell-like black markings, arranged in longitudinal 

 rows. Apex of the elytron with six marginal cells, of which the first 

 and the last are the largest. Venation of the wing different from 

 what it is in A. alticola. There are four apical cells bounded hy a 

 peripherical vein as in that species ; but the second cell (counting the 

 apical as the first) is pedunculate, the peduncle joining the first and 

 second sectors ; and at the base of the fourth cell is a smaller cell 

 formed by a transverse vein cutting off the base of the fourth cell. 

 The venation is otherwise normal, but rather subject to variation. 

 The elytra have sometimes obscure pale markings on the inner mar- 

 gin of the clavus, and vary also in the intensity of the black mark- 

 ings of the pronotum and scutellum. 



27. Grypotes (?) insularis, sp. n. 



G. aurantio-jlavescens, nitidus; verticis macula subquadrata utrinque 

 anterius et macula posterius prope oculos, frontis lineolis trans- 

 versis in medio interruptis, clypei vitta centrali ad apicem dila- 

 tata, lororum marginibus, linea ante et macula pone antennas, 

 maculaque ante oculos brunneis vel pallide brunneis ; vertice 

 utrinque linea obliqua brevi, pedibus maculis nonnullis, abdominis 

 dorso, et corpore subtus maculis paucis nigris ; scutello, abdominis 

 dorsi lateribus, et corpore subtus Jlavescentibus ; elytrorum mar- 

 gine antico late et venis, necnon valvulis genitalibus jlavescenti- 

 albidis ; membrana dilutissime fusca. 

 3 5 • Long. 5 m. m. 



Hab. in editioribus insulse, ad "West Lodge." 

 Perhaps scarcely correctly placed in Grypotes. Head, seen from 

 above, angularly rounded and prominent between the eyes ; as long 

 as the hind margin between the eyes ; broadly concave and with a fine 

 impressed middle line ; ocelli near the eyes ; face very convex, and 

 clypeus produced but scarcely curved ; pronotum a little broader than 



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