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52. Her.exjs varieqatus, n. sp. 

 Long. corp. 7 millim. 



Head and front of pronotum dull red ; posterior lobe of pro- 

 notum testaceous, with very large separated punctures. Corium 

 blackish, with rows of punctures ; outer edge of corium testaceous, 

 with two black spots, one at its extremity, the other a little 

 before ; the veins, a large triangular spot on the inside, and three 

 smaller spots between this and the margins are also testaceous ; 

 scutellum with a converging testaceous line on each side ; mem- 

 brane blackish, with a testaceous blotch at base and tip. Antennae 

 finely pubescent, the two basal joints testaceous, the third 

 blackish, the fourth black, with the base white. Legs testaceous, 

 front and hind femora and all the tibiae strongly spined. Body 

 red beneath, pectus darker. Eostrum testaceous, extending to 

 the base of the hind coxae. 



Allied to H. ^ercultus^ Dist. 



Taken at light. 



53. LiGTROCORIS BALTEATIJS, ^thl. 



Ligyrocoris balteatus, 8tcil^ Fet.-Akad. Handl. (2) xii. p. 146, no, 4 

 (1874). 



Flew into light. 



54. LiGYEOCOEIS BIPUNCTATUS, n. Sp. 



Long. corp. 4 millim. 



Head, pronotum, and scutellum black ; hinder lobe of prouotum 

 with two short, reddish, longitudinal stripes in the middle, a red- 

 dish spot on each side in front and one at each angle behind ; 

 antennae testaceous, the last joint black. Corium testaceous, 

 with rows of black depressed punctures in the middle ; the veins 

 on the inner edge black, running into a large irrregular apical 

 black border ; the outermost vein broadens out just before reach- 

 ing it and encloses a very conspicuous oval white spot ; membrane 

 greenish, with two brown, diverging, curving lines in the middle, 

 two brown spots at the base, and one on each side of the curve. 

 Under surface of the body apparently black ; legs testaceous, 

 femora more or less black ; but the specimen is carded in such a 

 manner as not to allow of a proper examination of the under 

 surface or of the legs and rostrum. 



