MELANODERMUS.—BROCHYMENA. 51 
1. Melanodermus tartareus. (Tab. V. fig. 6.) 
Ochlerus tartareus, Stal, Stett. ent. Zeit. xxiii. p. 98. 54°. 
‘Melanodermus tartareus, Stal, En. Hem. ii. p. 13. 2°. 
Hab. Mexico !? (coll. Sign.).—Co.omsia ??. 
The figure is from a typical specimen from the collection of Dr. Signoret. 
BROCHYMENA. 
Brochymena, Amyot & Serville, Hist. des Hém. p. 106 (1848) ; Stal, Ofv. Vet.-Ak. Forh. 1867, 
p. 525. 
This is a Nearctic genus, which has extended to the Neotropical Region as far as 
Central America. 
The abdomen is marked with a longitudinal furrow, the membranal veins are irre- 
gular; and a good character, as pointed out by Stal, is “ metastethio spiracula segmenti 
primi ventris tegente.” 
1. Brochymena myops. 
Brochymena myops, Stal, En. Hem. ii. p. 16. 1°; Uhler, Bull. U.S. Geol. & Geog. Surv. vol. ii. 
p. 2837; Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. vol. xix. p. 373, excl. syn.’ 
Halys quadripustulata, Herrich-Schaffer, Wanz. Ins. vii. p. 57, fig. 729, excl. syn. 
Hab. Nortu America, Alabama 3, N. Carolina *, Louisiania 12, Texas 2, New Mexico 2. 
— Mexico }, 
- This species is here inserted on the authority of the late Prof. Stal. 
2. Brochymena quadripustulata. 
Cimex 4-pustulatus, Fabr. Syst. Ent. p. 704. 389; Goeze, Ent. Beitr. ii. p. 238. 8; , Fab, Spec. ii. 
p. 847.55; Mant. ii. p. 285. 64; Ent. Syst. iv. p. 100. 81. 
Cimex quadripustulatus, Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 4, p. 2140. 209. 
Halys 4-pustulata, Fabr. Syst. Rhynch. p. 182. 9. 
Halys serrata, Palis. Beauv. Ins. p. 187, Hém. pl. 11. f. 8. 
Halys pupiilata, H.-S. Wanz. Ins. iv. p. 104, f. 453 ; vii. p. 58°. 
Brochymena serrata, A. & S. Hist. des Hém. p. 107.1; Dall. List Hem. i. p. 188. 3, excl. syn. 
Fabr. et Wolffii (Stal) *. 
Brochymena quadripustulata, Stal, En. Hem. ii. p. 16. 2°. 
Hab. Nortu America, Wisconsin, Georgia!?; Mexico (col. Sign. ), Oaxaca (coll. Dist.). 
Amyot and Serville give as habitat of their synonym of. t this species, ‘‘ Royaumes 
d’Oware et de Benin,” which is clearly incorrect. | 
Prof. Stal gives the relative lengths of the lobes of the head as a sectional character 
for dividing the species of this genus. This seems, however, an untrustworthy character; 
for with this species two specimens in my own collection vary in this respect, and 
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