708 PBOF. p. B. tJHLEB OX HEMIPTERA-HEIEEOPTEEA [Nov. 2l, 



wider anteriorly than the base o£ head, the anterior margia form- 

 ing a coUum, which is armed each side with an obliquely directed 

 spine ; posterior lobe wide and convex, carinate on the middle line, 

 the posterior border deflexed, with the edge reflexed. Scutellum 

 armed with a loug, erect, curved spine. Cerium long, impunctate, 

 carried far along the border of the membrane, tender and trans- 

 lucent ; veins of membrane few, long, curved, not connected by 

 cross-veins. Legs long and slender, the middle and posterior 

 femora a little thickened towards the tip. Abdomen long, a little 

 shorter than the wing-covers, subcylindric, contracted at base, 

 tapering from the middle to the tip. 



Peotacanthus decoetts, sp. nov. 



Pale tawny yellow, with the head black and highly polished, 

 the coUum of the pronotum white, the spines pale testaceous, and 

 the abdomen greenish testaceous, polished and impunctate. 

 AntennsB yellowish, with the basal joints and tips of the following 

 ones darker, the apical joint fuscous ; rostrum pale yellow, darker 

 at tip. Pronotum coarsely punctate, with the surface a little tumid 

 behind on each side of the middle line ; pleurae also punctate. 

 Legs pale honey-yellow, a little darker on tips of femora, the tibiae 

 annulated with black. Wing-covers whitish, translucent, the 

 membrane hyaline. 



Length to tip of wing-covers 4 millim. ; width of pronotum f 

 mUlim. 



Two specimens of this interesting species were collected by 

 Mr. H. H. Smith on low swampy land, in an open place, near sea 

 at the south end of the island, September 27. 



Fam. Ltg^id^. 



ToMOPELTA, gen. nov. 



Kobust, oval, with both ends narrowed, opaque and pubescent 

 above. Head short, set in as far as to the eyes, small, narrow, 

 acutely triangular above ; antennae stout, about as long as the 

 head, pronotum, and scutellum united, the basal joint longer than 

 the head, the second joint a little longer than the third and sub- 

 equal to the fourth, all conspicuously pubescent; throat flat ; the 

 rostrum reaching between the middle coxae, basal joint as long as 

 the throat. Pronotum distinctly bilobate, broad, the anterior lobe 

 much wider than the head, longer than the posterior lobe, collar- 

 like, one grade narrower and lower than the basal one, both arched, 

 and with their lateral margin reflexed concurrently with the curve 

 of each ; prosternum with an uneven longitudinal ridge on each 

 side of the middle line ; the pleural pieces coarsely punctate, 

 polished. The anterior femora fusiform, compressed. Scutellum 

 longer than \\-ide, abruptly acute at tip. Hemelytra coarsely punc- 

 tate, pubescent, dull, the costal margms almost straight and 

 parallel, a little siuuated on the middle ; the costal area wide and 

 grooved ; membrane with the veins long and curved. 



