THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



No. XX. 



JUNE, MDCCCXLII. 



Price 6d. 



Art. LXXXII. — Analyfical Notice of the ' Transactions of the En- 

 tomological Society of London^ vol. iii. pari 1, with 6 plates. 

 London: Longman. 184L 



(Continued from page 275). 



2. Observations upon the Hemipterous Insects composing the Genus Syrtis of Fahri- 

 cius, or the Family Pliymatites of Laporte, ivith a Monograph of the Genus 

 Macrocephalus. By J. 0. Westwood. 



After some preliminary observations the author proceeds to de- 

 scribe a new species of Phymata. 



Phymata integra. Pale whitish yellow : prothorax lengthened and 

 anteriorly attenuated, its lateral margins nearly straight ; the head is 

 not bifid. Length 5^ lines. Habitat unknown : the specimen is in 

 the British Museum. (Trans. Ent. Soc. iii. 22). 



The author then describes the following species of the genus Ma- 

 crocephalus. 



1. Macrocephalus cimicoides, Swederus, Act. Holm. 1787, p. 185, 

 pi. 8, fig. 1. (Id. tab. 2, fig. 5 and 5 a). 



2. Macrocephalus notatus. Pale fuscous, thickly punctured, head 

 and antennae obscurely fuscous : prothorax anteriorly reddish : head 

 laterally reddish : legs dull yellow : scutellum with a large basal and 

 two sub-apical oblong whitish spots. Length 3f lines. Colombia : in 

 the Royal Museum at Paris. (Id. 24). 



3. Macrocephalus tuberosus. Prothorax and scutellum somewhat 

 granulate : fuscous, with the head and anterior part of the prothorax 

 ochraceous : antennae and eyes yellowish white : scutellum with an 

 ovate hastate spot extending from the base to beyond the middle and 

 two obscure basal lines. Length 4|- lines. Brazil : in the Royal 

 Berlin Museum. (Id. 24). 



4. Macrocephalus ohscurus. Pale yellowish grey : head, antennae, 

 and prothorax anteriorly, dull yellowish : scutellum rather darker at 

 base, an ovate spot extending half its length, and a slender elevated 

 line running to the apex. Length 3|^ lines. South America : in the 

 Royal Museum at Paris. (Id. 24). 



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