244 { March, 
Antenne: 3rd and 4th joints very thick, the latter with an oval, 
white patch on the inside. Pronotwm and scutellum shining, somewhat 
metallic. Coriwm at the base with a triangular, whitish-yellow spot ; 
and at the apex with a large, almost round, white spot. Legs yellow. 
Head clothed with short, fine, golden hairs; antenne black, first joint orange- 
brown, apical third white, second clear brown, base very narrowly and apical 
third black, third and fourth black, the latter with an oval, white patch on 
the inside ; eyes black, shining ; rostrwm brown, apex black. 
Thorax: pronotum black, shining, with a bronzy or metallic lustre, sides concave, 
disc with a deep transverse channel nearly in the middle, anterior portion 
convex, and with a small fovea in the centre, posterior angles slightly thickened 
and raised; scutellwm convex, black, shining, with a bronzy or metallic lustre, 
the basal depression somewhat semi-circular and finely punctured; elytra 
velvety-black; clavus clothed with extremely short, deep, golden hairs; near 
the base, a small, almost round, orange-yellow spot, and another in a line with 
the scutellar angle; corium pale fuscous-yellow, with a slightly darker trans- 
verse band not reaching to the anterior margin, its upper edge in a line with 
the apex of the scutellum; extreme edge of the anterior margin and central 
nerve black, interior margin broadly black; beyond the middle a large comma- 
shaped, velvety-black patch, extending to the anterior margin, near the centre 
of which is a small, orange-yellow spot; next the apex, a large, almost round, 
white spot, and at the base, a triangular, whitish-yellow one; posterior margin 
narrowly fuscous ; membrane yellow, interior margin and nerves black, base 
and exterior margin of the nerves bordered with fuscous-black ; before the 
apex an almost oval white spot; sternwm black; legs clear brown; cowe and 
basal half of the thighs, white; fibie pale brown, apex narrowly black, with a 
few semi-erect, long, black, stout hairs; tarsi pale brown, third joint at the 
apex black. 
Abdomen black. Length 14 line. 
This handsome species belongs to the elegantula and Flori section 
of the genus. Its prominent, distinctive characters are the oval, white 
patch on the antenne, the large white spot at the apex of the corium, 
and the large, comma-shaped, black patch above the latter, extending 
to the anterior margin. 
The description has been made from a single example. 
Family. NOTONECTID&. 
Genus.—ANTIPALOCORIS,* Scott, g. n. 
Somewhat linear, fusiform. 
Head : crown narrow, not produced in front as in Anisops; antenne four-jointed, 
first joint short, second large, somewhat oval, flattened on the sides, third 
minute, fourth elongate, as long as the second and third together, narrow, 
somewhat lunate; eyes very large, curved with the head, viewed from above 
* Antipalos, a rival; koris, a bug. 
