HEMIPTERA IIETEROFI’EJIA. 
55 L 
sculelfum apice acutum ; abdomen apice bispinosum, disco dorsali 
rufo ; pedes rufescentes, nigro conspersi ; membrana lurido fusca. 
Piceous, nearly elliptical, thickly and roughly punctured. Head much 
shorter than the thorax ; lateral lobes extending much beyond the middle 
lobe, forming two spines which are slightly curved upward. Rostrum 
reddish ; tip black. Antennae reddish. Thorax serrated on each side in 
front and with a small spine on each side of the fore border; hind angles 
forming two spines which are slightly inclined forward and upward and are 
full twice longer than their breadth at the base. Scutellum much more 
than half the length of the abdomen, attenuated towards the tip, which is 
acute. Abdomen armed with two spines at the tip; upper side rosy red, 
excepting the connexivum. Legs reddish, speckled with black. Membrane 
lurid brown. Length of the body 6 lines. 
The longer and slightly ascending lateral lobes of the head and the 
slightly oblique spines of the thorax distinguish it from the typical form of 
Dicermis. 
Hindustan. In the National Museum at Melbourne. 
Page 252. 
Genus 9. PORIPTUS. 
Periptus, page 252; Poriptus, page 401. 
1. Poriptus luctans. 
fl, b. Santarem. From Mr. Bates’ collection. 
Page 253. 
Mormidea lugens. 
Cimex albipes, Fabr. JEnt. Sgst. Stippl. 535 — Cimex punctipes. Pal. 
Beauv. Ins. pi. 8, f. 6 . Sag, Journ. Ac. Nat. Sci. iv. 313. 
North America. 
Page 254. 
Mormidea tetra. 
Obscure olivaceo-viridis, longi-ovata, dense et conferte punctata, subtus 
testacea; thorax lateribus testaceis,angulis posticis subproduclis valde 
rolundatis ; scutellum apice Jiavum. ; venter vittis duabus indeter- 
minatis e atomis nigris; pedes pnllide testacei, nigro conspersi; alee 
anticcB costa basi pallide testacea, membrana fusca. 
Dark olive-green, elongate-oval, thickly and minutely punctured, tes- 
taceous beneath. Head large, rounded in front. Eyes piceous, prominent. 
Rostrum with a black tip. Thorax with a transverse callus on each side in 
front; sides very narrowly testaceous; hind angles much rounded, slightly 
prominent. Scutellum attenuated towards the tip, which is rounded and 
yellow. Abdomen beneath with two indistinct stripes of minute black 
speckles. Legs pale testaceous; femora and tibiae with black speckles; 
tarsi piceous. Costa of the fore wings pale testaceous at the base; mem- 
brane brown. Length of the body 3^ lines. 
a. Oajaca, Mexico. From JI. Salle’s collection. 
