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Show 714 PROF. P. R. UHLER ON HEMIPTERA-HETEROPTERA [Nov. 21, pronotum, with the eyes large and prominent outwards; the face triangular, convex on middle, highly polished, obsoletely punctate, with a punctate impressed line on the middle of the vertex ; tylus prominent, a little discoloured, with tbe cheeks each side callously prominent; antennae moderately long, the second joint rod-shaped, as long as the width of the pronotum, third and fourth more slender, tinged with fuscous ; rostrum pale greenish, reaching upon the middle coxae. Pronotum short, strongly convex, minutely pubescent, highly polished, unevenly punctate in wavy transverse series, the posterior margin feebly sinuated, the lateral part of this margin widely rounded, with the edge acute and pale, terminating exteriorly in an acute tubercle ; pleura with a dark stripe extending to the end of the posterior segment; legs pale green, a little obscured at end of femora, the posterior femora with the common oblique pair of brown bands near the tip; tibial spine fuscous. Beneath wdiitish. Hemelytra closely pale pubescent, unevenly punctate, with the disk infuscated, the outer border broadly pale and the cuneus equally pale, the apical extremity of the inner border of corium pale piceous, the clavus coarsely punctate like the convex scuteUum ; the membrane brown, especially at base. Length to tip of venter 3-3^ millim.; width of pronotum 1| millim. T w o specimens, a male and a female, were obtained on the leeward side of the island. The scutellum may be faintly pale along the middle line and a little obscured each side near the tip. Genus FUNDANIUS, Dist. FUNDANIUS RUBENS, Sp. UOV. Cinnabar-rufous, tinged with orange. Form normal, the upper surface roughly punctate, excepthig the head. The head highly polished, less distinctly punctate, with the face vertical, deeply sunken and grooved on the middle; the eyes prominent, dark brown. Antennae brownish black, stout, stouter in the male; third joint short, abruptly slender ; the fourth a little shorter and more slender than the third; the second joint rod-shaped, not tapering, a little shorter than the width of the pronotum. Rostrum slender, yellow, reaching between the middle coxae. Pronotum strongly, broadly constricted behind the hood of anterior lobe, most coarsely punctate on the posterior lobe, and the disk occupied behind by a large trapezoidal black spot which touches the posterior margin, anterior part of the middle line carinated; propleura and sternum bright orange, the meso- and metapleurae soiled orange or pale brown, but brighter on the sternum. Legs and coxae pale dull testaceous, soiled brownish on the apices of femora and tibiae, the tarsi and nails piceous. Scutellum blackish brown, coarsely punctate, deeply sunken and grooved on the middle line, the margin prominently elevated, callous, smooth. Hemelytra black along the entire length including the membrane, the outer border broadly |
