HEMIPTERA HETEROPTERA. 
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Female. Ferruginous, narrow, nearly linear. Head elongate-conical, 
longer than the fore lobe of the prothorax; ante-ocular part thrice as long 
as the post-ocular. Antennae setulose, shorter than the head and the 
prolhorax together; first joint testaceous, hardly more than half as long 
as the second ; third a little shorter than the second ; fourth testaceous, 
hardly shorter than the third. Fore lobe of the prothorax about twice 
as long as the hind lobe, the furrows slight. Scutellum equilaterally 
triangular. Propectus with a long stout retracted spine. Abdomen luleous 
above, except at the tip; connexivum yellowish beneath where the disk is 
yellowish and keeled towards the base. Legs yellowish; spongy furrow 
of the fore tibiae not more than one-third as long as the latter. Fore 
wings brown; corium yellowish at the base and along the adjoining part 
of the costa; a yellowish spot on the interior border before the middle ; 
membrane cinereous about the tip. Hind wings pellucid. Length of the 
body 8 lines. 
a. Hindostan. From Archdeacon Clerk’s collection. 
72. Pirates basic er. 
Fcem. Luleus, fere linearis; caput longi-conicum , prolhoracis lobo 
antico paullo longius , nigro biviltatum ; antennae capile et prolhorace 
ad unum paullo breviores, piceo unifasciatce, prothoracis lobus anticus 
sulci s nigro marginatis ; lobus posticus pcclusque nigra, hujus spina 
lutea; scutellum nigrum; venter niger, maculis lateralibus viltaque 
luteis ; alee antico: nigree, corii basi maculaque luteis, membrana basi 
pallide cinerea. Var. /3. — Prolhoracis sulci nigro vix marginati ; 
membrana apice cinereo. Var. y. — Caput et prothoracis lobus anticus 
fulva. 
Female. Luteous, narrow, convex, smooth, shining, nearly linear. 
Head elongate-conical, a little longer than the fore lobe of the prothorax, 
black about the ocelli and with a black stripe on each side; ante-ocular 
part about four times as long as the post-ocular. Antennae a little shorter 
than the head and the prothorax together; second joint piceous, a little 
longer than the first; third as long as the first, piceous at the base; fourth 
a little shorter than the third. Fore lobe of the prothorax twice as long as 
the hind lobe, with seven distinct furrows, which, excepting the second pair, 
are bordered with black. Hind lobe and pectus black, the latter with a 
luteous spine, the former with a furrow on each side. Scutellum black, 
nearly equilaterally triangular. Abdomen black, beneath with luteous 
spots along each side, and with a luteous stripe which does not extend to 
the tip. Spongy furrow of, the fore tibia; a little less than half as long 
as the latter. Fore wings black; corium luteous about the base of the 
costa and with a luteous spot on the inner border near the base ; membrane 
pale cinereous at the base. Var. &. — Head not black about the ocelli. 
Furrows of the fore lobe of the prolhorax hardly bordered with black. 
Membrane dark cinereous at the tip. Var. y. — Head and fore lobe of the 
prothorax tawny. Membrane as in Var. (3. Var. 8.- Fore lobe of the 
prothorax black’, tawny on each side. Membrane as in Var. /3 . Length of 
the body 8^ — lines. 
a, b. Hong Kong. Presented by J. C. Bowring, Esq. 
c. Amoy. From Mr. Stevens’ collection. 
d. Hindostan. From the collection of the Entomological Society. 
