HAMMATOCERUS PURCIS. 



Plate XLV. tig. 4. 



Order : Hemiptera. Suborder : Heteroptera. Section ; Geocorisa. Family : Reduviidse, Leach. 

 Genvs. HAMMATOCERUS, Bunii. Hammaccrus, Laporte. Cimex, Drury. 



HAMMATOCERUS PuRCis. Niger, undique granosus, elytris basi albis, femorum posticorum basi sanguiiie&. 

 (Long. Corp. 1 unc.) 



SvN. Cimex Purcis, Drury, App. vol. 3. Brown III. tab. 70. y. 2. 



Reduvius Nychthemerus, Illig. Burm. vol. 2. 236. 1. ( Hammatocerus n.) 

 Hammacerus couspicillaris var. Laporte Hem. 79. 



Habitat: Virginia ( ZJcwn/J. (jeov^\a. (Btirmehter) . 



Head, eyes, and thorax black ; the latter rough. Antennae setaceous, consisting of innumerable 

 articulations. Scutellum triangular and black. Coriuin white, terminal membrane black. Wings 

 white and transparent. Abdomen black, the edges marked with scarlet and black spots. Rostrum 

 black and short, not reaching to the fore legs. Legs black, the hinder thighs next the body scarlet. 



CERBUS SANCTUS. 



Plate XLV. fig. .5. 



Order : Hemiptera. Suborder : Heteroptera. Section : Geocorisa. Family : Coreidee, Leach. 



Genus. Cerbus, Hahn. Anisoscelis, Latr. Lygfpus, Fabr. 



Cerbus Sanctus. Fuscus, thorace macidaque cruciata elytrorum fulvis, thorace inerrai, pedibus nigris femoribus 



posticis maximis, tibiis mediocribus. (Long. Coqi. fere 1 unc.) 

 Sin. Cimex Sanctus, Drury, App. vol. 3. 

 Habitat : Sierra Leone. 



Head dark brown. Antennae almost as long as the insect. Thorax orange brown, having a 

 black streak on it next the head. Scutellum triangular and black. Corium orange brov/n, apical 

 membrane black. Rostrum small and slender, not reaching to the fore legs. Legs black. Hinder 

 thighs strong and thick, having a strong spine on the under part, and another longer, near the 

 tip of the tibiae. 



Fabricius has applied the specific name of Sanctus to one of the species of thick-legged 

 Coreidse, from Brazil, which is placed by Burmeister in the Genus Crinocerus. Drury 

 quoted the Fabrician description as belonging to his species, but the diversity in their 

 locality would alone be sufficient to prove them to be distinct. 



RAPHIGASTER VALIDUS. 



Plate XLV. fig. G. 



For the description of this species, and a representation of an individual with expanded wings, see Vol. II. plate 

 XXXVIII. fig. 4. Tlie following are the only material variations noticed in the descriptions of this specimen 

 as compared with that referred to above, and which can only be regarded as indicating slight variety. 



Head very small and black. Antennae black, about half the length of the insect. Thorax shining, 

 punctated, and of a deep blue, almost black, being surrounded with a circular line of a cream colour, 

 and which is divided in the middle, the sides terminating in two black angular spines. Scutellum large. 



