04 CATALOG UK OF 



inciassated ; four anteiior liliire and tarsi tawny, with black lips. Wings 

 exleiidinjT to llie tip of the abdomen. Coriuni of the fore wings testaceous 

 for half the length from the base, with a while triangular subapical 

 spot; membrane whitish at the tip. Length of the body 2j liues. 



Like R. pedestris in structure. 



a — d. Madeira. From Mr. VVollaston's collection. 



122. Rhyparochromus olabereimcs. 



Mas. et foem. Fulvus, fusiformis^ fire planus ; rnslrum coxas intermedias 

 allingeiis ; anlenncc tcslacecc, corporis dhnidio longiores ; protliorax 

 brevis, sulco antico transversa valde delerminalo ; pedes breves; alec 

 abdominis apicem non allingenles. 



Male and female. Tawny, fusiform, smooth, very shining;, nearly flat. 

 Head triangular, a little narrower than the fore border of the prothorax. 

 Eyes not prominent, llostrum extending to the middle coxae. Antenna? 

 testaceous, slender, more llian half the lengtli of the body, longer 

 in tlie male than in the female; first joint a little shorter than the head; 

 second, third and fourtli nearly equal in length, each shorter than the first. 

 Protliorax short, hardly narrower in fnmt, with a very indistinct transverse 

 furrow near the fore border. Legs short, slender; fore femora incrassaled. 

 Wings not extending to the lip of the abdomen. Length of the body 

 1 line. 



a — /. Madeira. Froui Mr. Wollaslon's collection. 



123. Rhyi'arochromus muxdulus. 



Niger, niltns, glaber, eliipiicus; anlenncc piccce, corporis dimidio lon- 

 giores, articulus '2o Soquc basi Jlavis, 4o fulvo ; prolhorax brevis, 

 transverse subsnlcalus, poslice punclatus ; pedes fulvi, breves; cerium 

 fuscum ; nienibrana cincrea. 



Black, smooth, shining, elliptical. Head small. Eyes not prominent. 

 Antenmc piceous, slender, rather more than half the length of the body; 

 fust joint shorter than the head; second and third yellow at the base; 

 second longer than the third; fourth tawny, as long as the third. Prothorax 

 short, a little narrower in front, with a slight transverse furrow, between 

 which and the hind border it is dull and punctured. Legs tawny, short; 

 femora black ; fore femora incrassaled. Wings extending to the lip of the 

 abdomen. Corium of the fore wings brown ; membrane cinereous. Length 

 of the body 1 line. 



a. Madeira. From Mr. Wollaslon's collection. 

 South Africa. 



121. RllYPAUOCUUOMUS ARMIPES. 



Lygunis armipes, Fabr. Enl. Syst. iv. KM; Sgst. Rhya. 2.31 — Lygaeus 

 alhostrialus, Fabr. Syst. Rliyn. 229 — Heosus iilbostriatus, Slal. Hem. 

 Afr. ii. 1()8 — iJuosns armipes, Stal llem. Fabr. i. 7!) — llhypurochro- 

 nius albostriatus, C. H. o()7. 



Guinea. 



