HEMIPTERA HETEROPTERAs 135 
beneath. Corium of the fore wings 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. Rufescens, subtus lutea; antennarum articuli 2us 3usque nigri, 
basi flavi; prothoracis anguli postict acuti, prominuli; femora 
postica subincrassata; corium apicem versus nigrum, rufescente 
venosum ; membrana fusca. 
Male. Reddish luteous. Head elongate-triangular, shorter than the 
first joint of the antenne. Rostrum extending a little beyond the hind 
coxe. Second and third joints of the antenne black, yellow at the base; 
second as long as the first; third a little shorter than the second. Pro- 
thorax finely scabrous; hind 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 wings black towards the tip 
of the corium, excepting the veins; membrane brown. Length of the 
body 9 lines. 
a. Amazon Region. From Mr. Bates’ collection. 
Genus 7. PLINACHTUS. 
Plinachtus, Stal, Ofv. K. V. Ak. Forh. 1859, 470. 
1. PLINACHTUS ACICULARIS. 
Alydus acicularis, Fabr. Syst. Rhyn. 251—Leptoscelis ventralis, C. H. 458 
—Plinachtus acicularis, Stal, Hem. Fabr. i. 62. 
a. Ceylon. From Major Parry’s collection. 
2. PLINACHTUS PELTASTES. 
peltastes, Stal, Stett. Hnt. Zeit. xxii. 144. 
Ceylon. 
3. PLINACHTUS PUNGENS. 
Cimex pungens, Thunb, Nov. Sp. Ins. ii. 36—Alydus pungens, Thunb. 
Hem. Rostr. Cap. iii. 2—Gonocerus pungens, Stal, Ofv. K. V. Ak. 
Forh, 1856, 191—Plinachtus pungens, Stal, Ofv. K. V. Ak. Forh. 
1859, 470. Hem. Afr. ii. 82. 
Cape. 
4. PLINACHTUS PUGIONATUS. 
pugionatus, Stal, Ofv. K. V. Ak. Forh. 1859, 470. 
Caffraria. 
