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abcloraen roughly punctured. Tarsi luteous. Membrane of the fore wings 
lurid. Length of the body 4 lines. 
a. Batchian. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 
b. Kaisaa. Presented by W. \V. Saunders, Esq. 
Genus MENTISA. 
Corpus ellipticura, depressum. Caput parvuin ; lobi laterales siib- 
dentaii, antice contigui. Ocelli duo, late disjuncti. Antennae quadri- 
articulatae ; ihorace perpauilo longiores. Thorax longitudine duplo latior, 
transverse subsulcatus; latera rolundata. Scutellum abdominis dimidio 
longius, apice rotundatum. Abdominis segmenlum apicale angulis posticis 
acutis. Pedes breviusculi, sat validi. Membrana venis plurimis. 
Body elliptical, very flat. Head small, its breadth including the eyes 
about one-third of that of the thorax in front; lateral lobes slightly dentate 
in front of each eye, contiguous beyond the middle lobe. Eyes moderately 
large and prominent. Ocelli two, remote from each other. Antennae four- 
jointed, very little longer than the thorax; second joint much shorter than 
the first, about half the length of the third; fourth much longer than the 
third. Thorax about twice as broad as long, deeply excavated in front, 
increasing in breadth from the fore border to the bind border, which is 
straight; sides rounded; a slight furrow across the middle. Scutellum 
more than half the length of the abdomen, much longer than its breadth 
at the base, rounded at the tip. Abdomen with the hind angles of the 
apical segment elongated and acute. Legs rather short and stout. Fore 
wings with the corium extending rather beyond the tip of the scutellum ; 
membrane with nine longitudinal veins, extending a little beyond the tip 
of the abdomen. 
1. Mentis A smaragdina. 
Lccte viridis, aspere punctata; antenna: picece ; thorax antice scitissime 
punctatus et utrinque transverse striatns ; pedes picei ; membrana 
fuscescente-cinerea. 
Bright metallic-green, shining. Head minutely punctured. Eyes 
dark red. Antenna; and legs piceous. Thorax and scutellum roughly and 
rather thinly punctured; fore part of the former very finely punctured, 
transversely striated on each side. Corium of the fore wings a little 
more finely and thickly punctured than the thorax; membrane brownish 
cinereous. Length of the body 4 lines. 
a. Brazil. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 
Genus BLiENA. 
Corpus lineare, longiusculum, valde setosum, antice et postice rotun- 
datum. Caput sat magnum; lobi laterales disjunct!, antice subtruncati, 
lobum medium superantes. Oculi parvi. Ocelli obsoleti. Rostrum coxas 
anticas paullo superans. Antenna; quinque-articulatgc, thorace longiores. 
Thorax transversus, subsulcatus; latera recta, antice rotundata. Scutellum 
triangulare, abdominis dimidio brevius, apice subacutum. Pedes sat 
graciles; tibiae breviter setosae ; tarsi triarticulati. Alee anticae corii 
margine exteriorc bilobato, membrana abdominis apicem fere attiugente 
venis paucis. 
