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1. Lyctocoris campestris. 
Acanthia campestris, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iv. p. 75°. 
Lyctocoris campestris, Reut. Ofv. Vet.-Ak. Férh. 1871, p. 409*; Monogr. Anthocorid. p. 7’. 
Lyctocoris fitchti, Reut. Ofv. Vet.-Ak. Forh. 1871, p- 557°; Stal, Enum. Hemipt. iii. p. 101°. 
Hab. Nortu America, New York+® to Texas *.—Mexico, Chiapas (Richardson).— 
Evrope?; Asta Minor?; New ZEALAND? &c. 
A specimen of this insect has been found by us amongst a collection of bird-skins 
received from Chiapas. For the rest of the synonymy, see Dr. Reuter’s Monograph. 
LASIOCHILUS. 
Lasiochilus, Reuter, Ofy. Vet.-Ak. Férh. 1871, p-562; Monogr. Anthocorid. pp.5, 13; Stal, Enum. 
Hemipt. i. p. 102. 
Dilasia, Reuter, Ofv. Vet.-Ak. Férh. 1871, p. 563. 
Hapa, Buchanan White, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 465. 
Subgen. Semiotoscelis, Reuter, Monogr. Anthocorid. pp. 15, 24. 
Of the sixteen described species of this widely-distributed genus *, ten are American. 
All but one of the Central-American forms appear to be new. 
Its chief characters are the short, backwardly-curved orifice of the metastethium and 
the strongly pilose elytra, the outer margins of the embolium appearing ciliate. 
a. Pronotum with a median fovea or short longitudinal sulcus on the anterior 
lobe behind. 
a’, Antenne with joints 1 and 2 moderately thickened. 
a”, Pronotum much narrowed anteriorly, more than twice as wide at 
the base as at the apex; elytra closely punctured . . . . . . punetipennis, n. sp. 
6’. Pronotum moderately narrowed anteriorly, not twice as wide at the 
base as at the apex. 
a’, Elytra closely and finely punctured, fuscous . microps, 0. sp. 
b/’. Elytra sparsely and finely punctured, maculate . . . - . reuteri, D. sp. 
ce”, Elytra with the clavus coarsely and closely, and the other parts 
finely and very sparsely, punctured, testaceous . . . . pallidulus, Reut. 
6’. Antenne with joints 1 and 2 stout; pronotal fovea deep; elytra with 
the clavus coarsely, and the other parts more finely, punctured, fuscous, 
with the shoulders pale . . . . . 2... . . . foveicollis, n. sp. 
6. Pronotum with the anterior lobe sulcate down the middle from the ante- 
apical groove to the base; elytra with the clavus coarsely, and the other 
parts more finely, punctured, testaceous. 
c’, Pronotum moderately narrowed anteriorly, nearly twice as wide at the 
base as at the apex: body ovate . . . . . . . . « . sulcatus, nu. sp. 
d’, Pronotum broad in front, about one-third wider at the base than at the 
apex, the sulcus very deep: body elongate . . . .. . . . . divisus,n. sp. 
o- > — 
* ZL. nebulosus and L. pictus, Uhler, belong to Asthenidea. 
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