HEMtPTERA HETEROPTERA. 
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eye. Antennae about one-fourth of the length of the body; first and 
second joints about equal in length ; third longer. Prothorax divided into 
two equal lobes by a transverse furrow ; sides rounded ; fore angles rather 
prominent. Abdomen with a ferruginous band on the hind border of each 
segment. Legs short; femora thickened. Fore wings extending to three- 
fourths of the length of the abdomen, which extends broadly on each side 
of them ; membrane cinereous. Length of the body lines. 
a. Brazil. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 
South Africa. 
14. Mezira Caffra. 
Bracbyrhynchus caffer, Slal , Ofv. Vet. Ak. Fork. 1855, 38 — Mezira caffra, 
Stal , Hem. Afr. iii. 35. 
a. Cape. Presented by M. A. Serville. 
15. Mezira morio. 
Bracbyrhynchus morio, Germ. Silb. Rev. Ent. v. 134 — Mezira morio, Stal, 
Hem. Afr. iii. 35. 
Cape. 
16. Mezira tenuicornis. 
Aneurus tenuicornis, Sgnt. A. S. E. F. 3me Ser. viii. 958 — Mezira tenui- 
cornis, Slal , Hem. Afr. iii. 36. 
Madagascar. 
17. Mezira biloba. 
Aneurus bilobus, Sgnt. A. S. E. F. 3 me Ser. viii. 958 — Mezira biloba, 
Stal , Hem. Afr. iii. 36. 
Madagascar. 
18. Mezira subfasciata. 
Mas. Picea, opaca , subfusiformis, sublus ferruginea ; capitis cornu 
frontale porreclum, antice incisum , anlennarum articulo lo longius ; 
antennae sat validae, capite prothoraceque ad unum paullo breviores , 
articulo 3 o longo ; prolhorax transverse subsulcatus, margine postico 
rufescente ; alee anticce abdominis apicem fere atlingentes, fascia 
basin versus albida , margine cinerco fusco-venoso. 
Male. Piceous, dull, flat, subfusiform, ferruginous beneath. Head 
with a frontal porrect cone, which is notched on the fore border and is 
longer than the first joint of the antennae. Eyes slightly prominent. 
Rostrum not extending beyond the head. Antennae rather stout, a little 
shorter than the head and the prothorax together; third joint longer than 
the others. Prolhorax narrower in front, with hardly rounded sides and 
with a slight transverse middle furrow ; hind border reddish. Legs 
piceous, short, rather stout. Fore wings extending nearly to the tip of the ' 
abdomen ; membrane brown, with a cinereous brown-veined border and 
with a whitish band near the base. Length of the body 3 lines. 
a. Sierra Leone. Presented by the Rev. D. F. Morgan. 
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