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 HEMIPTERA. 



Acanthosoma : with the thorax produced on each side into an acute spine ; ferrugi- 

 nous, with a large white spot at the base of the scutellum. Length h an inch. 

 Syn. Cimex uniguttatus, Donovan, 1st edit. 



Donovan states that this curious species is a native of Madras. 



RHYNCHOCORIS VIRIDIS. 



Plate XIV. fig. 6. 



Genus. Rhynchocoris, Westwood. Cimex, Donovan. 



Species. Rhynchocoris Viridis: thorace spinoso ; viridis ; hemelytris fusco-cinereis ; 



scutello apice flavescenti ; thoracis spinis cylindricis truncatis. Long. Corp. 



unc. *. 

 Rhynchocoris : with the thorax produced behind on each side into a cylLndric spine, 



truncate at the tip ; green ; hemelytra brownish-grey ; scutel at the tip yellowish. 



Length -|th of an inch. 

 Syn. Cimex viridis, Donovan, 1st edit. 



This rare insect is from Ceylon. 



RHYNCHOCORIS HAMATA. 



Plate XIV. fig. 7. 



Species. Rhynchocoris Haiiata : thorace acute spinoso, testacea ; elytris virescentibus ; 

 abdomine serrato ; denticulis nigris. Long, fa unc. 

 Rhynchocoris : with the thorax produced into an acute spine on each side, tes- 

 taceous buff, with greenish elytra ; the margin of the abdomen serrated ; the 

 teeth black. Length fath of an inch. 

 Syn. Edessa hamata, Fabr. Ent. Syst. 4. 104. Sijst. Rh. p. 117. 

 Cimex serratus, Donovan, 1st edit. 

 Rhynchocoris hamata, Westwood, in Gat. Hemipt. Mus. Hope. 



Java, and other parts of the East Indies. 



