342 HETEROPTEROUS HEMIPTERA. 



Body sanguineous, more or less tinged with fulvous, not dis- 

 tinctly punctured : head with two black vittse between the eyes 

 and one at base of the rostrum, a transverse black line on the 

 neck : antennae black : thorax sometimes a little dusky behind ; 

 scutel black: hemelytra black; exterior margin of the corium 

 sanguineous : pectus a little dusky in the middle : abdomen black 

 at tip : feet black, whitish at base : rostrum black. 



Length to tip of hemelytra one-fourth of an inch. 



Var. a. General color ochreous. 



Resembles gonipliorus nob., but is a smaller and more slender 

 insect, aside from other diflPerences, such as the antennae being 

 entirely black, the second joint not larger at tip than at base, &c. 

 It is more closely allied to conjluentus nob., which, however, has 

 the inner margin only of the corium dusky and the feet whitish 

 at base. [787] 



12. C. INSIGNIS. — Black; head, thorax and scutel more or less 

 sanguineous. 



Inhabits United States. 



Body black ; sanguineous, with a black mark at the base of 

 the rostrum, sometimes extending into a triangle of which the 

 apex is at the base of the head ; antennae black : first joint not 

 half as long as the second; second joint not remarkably larger 

 at tip ; remaining joints not abruptly smaller : thorax sanguine- 

 ous, sometimes with two blackish spots at base, which in some 

 specimens are so dilated as to occupy nearly all the surface ex- 

 cepting the anterior margin and a re-entering angle ; scutel san- 

 guineous, with sometimes a blackish more or less dilated spot 

 each side at base ; hemelytra immaculate ; beneath sanguineous 

 varied with black : feet black. 



Length to tip of hemelytra about one-fourth of an inch. 



A specimen was sent me from Georgia by Mr. Oemler, and 

 in my cabinet are others which I think were taken in Pennsyl- 

 vania. A variety has the scutel entirely black and the thorax 

 black excepting the anterior margin. 



13. C. SCRUPEUS. — Black; thorax with two black dots, and 

 with the scutel yellowish. 



Inhabits United States. 



Body black : head with a dull yellowish line and superior 

 orbits, variegated at the mouth and beneath : antennae, first joint 



