ANTHOCORID^. 499" 



ejes. Rostrum reaching to the end of tlie metasternum ; 1st joint 

 scarcely so long as the head ; 2nd If rds as long as the 1st. 



Thorax. — Pronotum trapezoidal, in front without a ring ; anterior 

 margin concave, wider than the head across the eyes ; anterior angles 

 depressed, rounded ; side margins thick, raised, with a slight linear 

 impression within ; posterior margin concave ; disk slightly convex, 

 hindwardly flatter, behind the middle a slight transverse depression. 

 Sciitelliim slightly convex, posteriorly with a broad, flat depression. 

 Elytra long-oval ; Clavus convex ; claval suture depressed ; Corium 

 flat ; anterior margin reflexed ; Cuneus deflected ; Membrane with 

 1 nerve at the corner of the cell. Sternum ; 3Iesosternum short, 

 very slightly convex, posteriorly with a broad, flat depression. 

 Metasternum right angled, base convex, end depressed, centre 

 with a keel. Legs all alike slender ; fore thighs and tihi(S thick- 

 ened towards the end. 



Species 1. — Lyctocoris domesticus. 



CiMEX DOMESTICUS, SchUl. Isis, 738 (1834). 



Lyctocoeis domesticus, Ha/zn, Wanz, iii, 19 & 20, t. 79, fig. 243, & 



E to H (1835); Fieb. Europ. Hem. 139 



(1861). 

 Xylocoms Pakisiensis, Am. et Serv. Hem. 264, 1 (1843). 



— domesticus. Sahib. Geoc. Fen. 80, 1 (1848). 



— (Lyctocokis) domestica, Flor, Rhyn. Liv. i, 665, 1 (1860), 



— — distinguenda, Flor, Rhyu. Liv. i, 666 (1860). 



Piceous, with delicate, short, luteous pubescence ; elytra at the base 

 broadly luteous. 



i^mcZ finely punctured. i?I?ce more or lossy ellow-piceous. Antennce 

 light piceous. ^^ye* black. Ocelli veA.. ItostrumlviieoM^. 



Thorax. — Fronotum finely punctured behind the convexity ; hinder 

 angles luteous. Scutellum ; base smooth, apex crenate-punctate. 

 Elytra dull, finely, closely punctured ; Clavus luteous on the basal 

 I and the extreme apex, inner margin and posterior \ usually pitchy 

 brown ; Corium ; base broadly luteous, the rest more or less deeply 

 piceous, except an undefined luteous spot at the inner side of the 

 end of the embolium ; Cuneus deep piceous, paler on the outside ; 

 Membrane clear yellowish-white, shining. Sternum pitchy brown. 

 Legs luteous. 



