1894.] HEMIPTEBA-HETEEOPTEEA OF GUENADA. 181 



2. Comzus siD^ (Fabr.). 



Lygceus siclce, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iv. p. 169, 



Dr. Stal has described a variety of this species as C. pictipes. 

 The insect is very variable in size, colour, form, and pattern of 

 marking, much depending upon its condition at time of capture. 



Numerous specimens were collected in nearly all parts of the 

 island, both in the early part of the year and as late as the middle 

 of August. 



Jadeea, St§.l. 



Jabera lateralis, St^l. 



Jadera lateralis, Stal, Stettin, ent. Zeit. xxiii. p. 307. 



Several specimens of this bright-coloured species were taken at 

 Balthazar, April 1, and on the Mount Gay estate, April 5, also iu 

 August and September, on herbage. 



BbETTIDjE. 



Metacajs^thus, Costa. 



Metacanthus capitatus, sd. nov. 



Pale rufo-testaceous. Form similar to M. eler/ans, Curtis, but with 

 propoi'tionately longer legs and antennae. Head black, rounded, pol-r 

 ished, with a pale spot at base, the tylus prominent, vertical ; antennae 

 very slender, yellow, the basal joint nearly as long as the posterior 

 femur, a little thickened and dusky at tip, articulation of the next 

 two joints a little dusky, the fourth thick, fuscous, about half as long 

 as the third ; rostrum dull yellow, reaching to the middle coxae, be- 

 coming more slender towards the tip. Pronotum closely distinctly 

 punctate, the posterior lobe large, swollen, with the middle line a 

 little elevated, and tuberculate at the posterior end ; antehumeral 

 surface transversely indented, the posterior margin reflexed each 

 side; lateral line obliterated, present as a carina on the short, 

 collar-like anterior lobe, this lobe fidvous, with a pale anterior 

 margin, from each side of which a pale short spine projects obliquely 

 upwards. Legs long, slender, honey-yellow ; the tibiae setiform, 

 paler, annulated with black ; the femora a little swollen and deeper 

 coloured at tip, tarsi blackish on the apical half. Scutellum small, 

 tumid, armed with a long, curved, pale spine which projects back- 

 wards. Hemelytra almost transparent, tinged with testaceous, the 

 costal border a little arcuated, costal area and clavus obsoletely and 

 sparsely punctate. Beneath smooth, pale testaceous, the sternum 

 pale piceous, abdomen straight; venter more distinctly pubescent 

 at tip, hardly wider at base than at apex. 



Length to end of venter 3| mm. ; width of pronotum | mm. 



Six specimens of this insect were collected on the Mount Gay 

 estate, on the leeward side of the island. They were beaten from 

 herbage, at altitudes between 200 and 400 feet, from August 21 to 

 31st. 



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