LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



1. Hemispikehius Coccinelloides. 



Issiis Coccinelloides, liurm. Mei/en, Reisc, N. Act. Ph. Med. Soc. 



C. Leap. n. c. xvi. 305, 38, p'l. 41, f. 11. 

 Hemisphcerius Coccinelloides, Schaum, Allg. Enc. Wissenck. Kunst. 



i. 61,71. 



a. Philippine Islands. From Mr.-Wood's collection. 



b. Philippine Islands. From Mr. Cuming's collection. 



2. Hemispikerius plavimacola, Mas. 



Ferruginous, Jlavo varius ; abdomen flavo fasciatum ; pedes flavi, 

 ferrugineo varii ; alas anticce ferruginea, flavo tjualuordecim 

 vuiculatce. 



Body ferruginous, convex, like a Coccinella in shape: head 

 much more than half the breadth of the fore-wing near the base ; 

 crown yellow, nearly straight before and behind, ferruginous and 

 rather narrower in front ; its breadth slightly exceeding its length ; 

 front pitchy, long, diamond-shaped, adorned with two yellow bands, 

 the first slightly curved, the second straight ; episloma very small, 

 tawny : mouth yellow : eyes not prominent : fore-chest extremely 

 short : middle-chest yellow, triangular, with a ferruginous border : 

 abdomen nearly semicircular, a little shorter than the chest ; hind 

 borders of the segments yellow : legs yellow ; thighs adorned with 

 ferruginous bands ; shanks pitchy above ; feet ferruginous ; hind- 

 shanks aiined with two black-lipped spines : fore-wings ferruginous, 

 very convex, (|uite coriaceous, each adorned with seven yellow spots; 

 the first at the base; the second and third in the middle ; the fourth, 

 fifth and sixth forming an interrupted band near the tip, the sixth 

 sometimes united to the seventh, which is narrow and accompanies 

 the fore border to the tip. Length of the body 2 lines ; of the wings 

 5 lines, 

 a. Hong-Kong. Presented by J. C. Bowring, Esq. 



3. Hemispu<erius contusus, Mas. 



Fulvus ; prolhorax flavo unimaculatus ; mesothorax undecimstri- 



atus ; abdomen ferrtigineum ; pedes nigri, fulvo varii ; alee 



anlieie fusca, apice fulvo maculuta: ; atte postica: subfulvee. 



Body tawny, in shape like that of a Coccinella : head about 



half the breadth of the fore-wing near the base, mottled with yellow 



