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HEMIPTERA. 
Acanthosoma : with the thorax produced on each side into an acute spine; ferrugi- 
nous, with a large white spot at the base of the scutellum. Length 1 an inch. 
Syn. Cimex uniguttatus, Donovan , edit. 
Donovan states that this curious species is a native of Madras. 
RHYNCHOCORIS VIRIDIS. 
Plate XIV. fig. 6. 
Genus. Rhynchocoris, Westwood. Cimex, Donovan. 
Species. Rhynchocoris Viridis : thorace spinoso ; viridis ; hemelytris fusco-cinereis ; scutello 
apice flavescenti ; thoracis spinis cylindricis truncatis. Long. Corp. unc. 
Rhychocoris : with the thorax produced behind on each side into a cylindric spine, 
truncate at the tip; green; hemelytra brownish-grey; scutel at the tip yellowish. 
Length 4 th of an inch. 
Syn. Cimex viridis, Donovan, 1st edit. 
This rare insect is from Ceylon. 
RHYNCHOCORIS HAMATA. 
Plate XIV. fig. 7. 
Species. Rhynchocoris Hamata: thorace acute spinoso, testacea; elytris virescentibus ; 
abdomine serrato ; denticulis nigris. Long. unc. 
Rhynchocoris : with the thorax produced into an acute spine on each side, testace- 
ous buff, with greenish elytra; the margin of the abdomen serrated; the teeth 
black. Length T ^th of an inch. 
Syn. Edessa hamata, Fabr. Ent. Syst. 4. 104. Syst. Rh. p. 147. 
Cimex serratus, Donovan, ls£ edit. 
Rhynchocoris hamata, Westwood, in Cat. Hemipt. Mus. Hope. 
Java, and other parts of the East Indies. 
