HEMIPTERA HETEROPTERA. 135 



beneath. Corium of the foie wiugs with red veins. Length of the body 

 8 lines. 



The hind legs are wanting in the specimen described. 

 a. Amazon Region. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



3. Malvana centralis. 

 Mas. Riifescens, subtus lutea ; antennarum artieuli 2ms Susque nigri, 

 basi Jlavi ; prothumcis anr/uli poslici acuti, prominuti ; femora 

 postica subiricrassata ; corium apicem versus nigrum, ritfescente 

 venosum ; membrana fusca. 

 Male. Reddish luteous. Head elongate-triangular, shorter than the 

 first joint of the anteniuc. Rostrum extending a little beyond the hind 

 coxce. Second and third joints of the antennae black, yellow at the base; 

 second as long as the first; third a little shorter than the second. Pro- 

 thorax finely scabrous ; hiud angles acute, prominent. Femora beneath 

 with a row of spines; these are the largest towards the tips of the hind 

 femora, which are slightly incrassated. Fore wiugs black towards the tip 

 of the corium, excepting the veins ; membrane browu. Length of the 

 body 9 lines, 

 a. Amazon Region. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Genus 7. PLINACHTUS. 

 Plinachtus, Stal, Of v. K. V. Ak. ForL 1859, 470. 



1. Plinachtus aciculakis. 



Alydus acicularis, Fabr. Si/st. Rhjn. 251 — Leptoscelis ventralis, C. H. 458 



— Plinachtus acicularis, Slal, Hem. Fabr. i. 62. 

 a. Ceylon. From Major Parry's collection. 



2. Plinachtus peltastes. 

 peltastes, S(al, Slelt. Ent. Zeit. xxii. 144. 

 Ceylon. 



3. Plinachtus pungens. 

 Cimex pungens, Ihunb, Nov. Sp. Ins. ii. 36 — Alydus pungens, Thimb. 

 Hem. Rostr. Cap. iii. 2 — Gonocerus pungens, Stal, Ofv. K. V. Ak. 

 Fork. 1856, 191— Plinachtus pungens, Stal, Ofv. K.' V. Ak. Fork. 

 1859,470. Hem. Afr.W.^-i. 



Cape. 



4. Plinachtus pcigioxatus. 

 pugionalus, Slal, Ofv. K. V. Ak. Fork. 1859, 470. 

 Caffraria. 



