  MANTIS (HARPAX) OCELLARIA.Plate XLIII. fig. 1. Order: Orthoptera. Section: Cursoria. Family: MantidÆ. Genus. Mantis, Linn. (Subgenus: Harpax, Serville.) Mantis (Harpax) Ocellaria. Capite inermi, femoribus posticis lobo apicali, elytris viridibus ocello magno discoidali flavo nigro-cingulato. (Expans. Alar. 2 unc. 6 lin.) Syn. Mantis ocellaria, Drury, App. vol. 3. Habitat: Coast of Africa. AntennÆ setaceous. The insect, when living, was probably green, but is now of a yellowish brown; the eyes, head, and thorax being of that colour. One-third of the tegmina, next the tips, is transparent, the remainder being green. In the centre is a yellow spot resembling an eye, encircled with black, whose centre is dark green, with a black margin at top. Wings transparent. Fore-legs yellow-brown. Femora strong, with two rows of spines, and a groove between to receive the tibiÆ, which are furnished with a strong spine at the tip. Middle and hind legs having a small flap placed at the tips of the femora, and two tibial spurs. "This rare and beautiful mantis was found in a savanna."—Smeathman. PENTATOMA BICOLORATA.Plate XLIII. fig. 2. Order: Hemiptera. Suborder: Heteroptera. Section: Geocorisa. Family: PentatomidÆ. Genus. Pentatoma, Latreille. Cimex, Fabricius, Drury. Pentatoma Bicolorata. Fusca, pronoti lateribus in spinam obtusam utrinque productis, scutello versus basin et ad apicem elytrorumque macul costali fulvis. (Long. Corp. lin. 7.) Syn. Cimex rostratus, Drury, App. vol. 2. La punaise À sept taches, Stoll, pl. 14. fig. 97. Habitat: Sierra Leone (Drury). Coast of Guinea (Stoll). Head and eyes brown. Thorax dark yellow in front; the hinder part brown, the sides terminating in two obtuse spines. Scutellum yellow, brown in the middle. Hemelytra brown, with a yellow spot on the middle of the anterior edges. Legs yellow-brown, the fore ones having a remarkable spine on the thighs, placed near the tips. Rostrum strong, extending as far as the middle legs. Abdomen with two lateral dark indented lines extending to the anus. I have been compelled to propose another specific name for this insect, that given to it by our author being quite inexpressive. CERBUS? FLAVEOLUS.Plate XLIII. fig. 3. Order: Hemiptera. Suborder: Heteroptera. Section: Geocorisa. Family: CoreidÆ, Leach. Genus. Cerbus? Hahn. Cimex, Drury. Cerbus? Flaveolus. Fuscus, pronoti marginibus fasciÂque angulat elytrorum fulvis; abdomine rufo, nigro marginato. (Expans. Alar. 1 unc. 9 lin.) Syn. Cimex flaveolus, Drury, App. vol. 3. Habitat: Sierra Leone. Head dark orange. AntennÆ filiform, four-jointed, about three-fourths the length of the insect. Thorax brown, edged with yellow. Scutellum triangular, not large, brown. Hemelytra brown, one-half of the posterior edge next the body having a yellow line running along it, crossing the middle, and DIASPIDIUS SCAPHA.Plate XLIII. fig. 4. Order: Hemiptera. Suborder: Heteroptera. Section: Geocorisa. Family: ReduviidÆ, Leach. Genus. Diaspidius, Westw. Cimex, Drury. Diaspidius Scapha. Fulvus; capite, antennis, pronoti lobo antico, membran elytrorum pedibusque nigris. (Expans. Alar. 2 unc.) Syn. Cimex Scapha, Drury, App. vol. 3. Habitat: Sierra Leone. Head very small, black, hairy, and long. AntennÆ filiform, about half the length of the insect. The fore part of the thorax is hairy and black; the remainder and the scutellum yellow-brown. Basal half of the hemelytra orange-coloured, the remainder dark brown. Wings diaphanous. Abdomen brown-yellow. Rostrum short and black, not reaching to the fore-legs, which are black. Middle and hind legs partly black and brown. This insect differs so much from the other species of the extensive family ReduviidÆ, that I have been compelled to raise it to the rank of a distinct genus, the characters of which are as well marked as those of the majority of the genera recently proposed by the Continental Entomologists in this group. Its characters as a genus are— Caput parvum. AntennÆ breves vix longitudine thoracis, 4?-articulatÆ; articulo 2ndo., 1mo. et 3tio. breviori. Pronotum posticÈ in lobum magnum depressum, supra scutellum et basin alarum productum. Hemelytra marginem lateralem abdominis haud tegentia. Tarsi ut videtur 1-articulati. PYRRHOCORIS PRINCEPS.Plate XLIII. fig. 5. Order: Hemiptera. Suborder: Heteroptera. Section: Geocorisa. Family: LygÆidÆ. Genus. Pyrrhocoris, Fallen, Burmeister. Astemma, St. Farg. & Serv. Platynotus, Schill. Pyrrhocoris Princeps. Sanguineus; pronoti lobo antico in medio, elytrorum fasci versus basin maculÂque costali medi nigris, membran apicali fuscÂ, femoribus in medio nigris. (Expans. Alar. 2 unc.) Syn. Cimex longirostris, Drury, App. vol. 3. Habitat: Sierra Leone. Head yellowish-brown. Thorax in front black, and brown behind. AntennÆ black and slender, about half the length of the insect. Scutellum triangular and black. Corium yellow-brown, having a black streak crossing the middle, and a black spot near it; apical membrane opake and dark brown. Wings diaphanous. Rostrum long and slender, reaching to the middle of the abdomen. Legs partly black and brown. Tarsi three-jointed. The name applied to this species by Drury is so inexpressive that I have been induced to propose for it a new specific designation, which has allusion to its large size and rich colouring. |
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