202 peof. p. e. uhlee o>~ tke [Mar. G, 



connecting the eyes ; antennae thick on the two basal joints, the 

 two apical ones very slender and hairy, the first joint scarcely 

 extending beyond the tip of tylus, the second becoming thicker 

 next the tip, longer than the head ; rostrum extending over the 

 anterior coxa?, rufo-testaceous, darker at base, the basal joint 

 scarcely reaching to the eyes ; the eyes black, a little deeper than 

 the head, coarsely granulated ; neck behind the eyes short and 

 thick. Pronotum much wider than long, rapidly and obliquely 

 narrowing towards the front; the collum very slender and recurved; 

 callosities transverse, convexly prominent ; the posterior lobe short, 

 darker than anteriorly, obsoletely punctate and rugulose ; the pos- 

 terior margin broadly sinuated and having the humeral angles 

 indented, moderately prominent ; the lateral margin deflexed, 

 thickened, emarginated at the anterior blunt angle. .Sternum and 

 pleural pieces pale rufo-piceous. Legs a little pubescent, darker 

 on the femora than the tibia?. Scutellum impressed behind the 

 middle and rugose nearer the apex. Hemelytra bright yellow, 

 pubescent, roughly punctate, the inner border and apex of the 

 corium dark brown, this colour extending over the cuneus ; mem- 

 brane more or less tinged with fuliginous, but occasionally clear 

 and iridescent. Venter polished, minutely punctate and pubescent, 

 more or les3 spread with dark piceous. 



Length to tip of venter 1-1 5 mm. ; width of pronotum § mm. 



This is a particularly bright-coloured species, rendered more 

 conspicuous by the dark band on the base of pronotum, and 

 by the dark border of the hemelytra. Specimens were captured 

 at Balthazar, April 20, at an altitude of 250 feet, on weedy open 

 places in second-growth thickets ; also on the Grand Etang, at an 

 altitude of 1900 feet, where they were beaten from brush and 

 masses of leaves. On the Mount Gay estate they were found 

 August 20-25, and were beaten from herbage in open places, and 

 they were seen flying at sunset in August and September. They 

 were also obtained at St. George's, August 22, in open swampy 

 places, on herbage. 



Acaxthia, Fabr. 



ACASTTHIA LECTCLAEIA (Linn.). 



Cimex lectularia, Linn. Fauna Suec. p. 909. 

 Acanthia lectularia, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iv. p. 67, 1. 

 One specimen was taken. It is very common and a great 

 pest, especially in the poorer class of houses. 



TufGITIDD. 



Teleoxemia, Costa. 

 Teleoxemia sacchaei (Fabr.). 

 Acanthia sacehari, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iv. p. 77. 

 Several specimens were found at Balthazar, April 5, on herbage 

 in the cocoa orchards, also on Lake Antoine estate, April 13, 



