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CATALOGUE OF 



Fam. 1. PHYMATIDiE. 



Phymatidae, Serv. Hist. Hem. 288. Fieb. Eur. Hem. 24. 



Fieber includes the Macrocephalidse with the Phyraatidse, and notices 

 the four foUowiuc: genera : — 



A 



Head thick, quadrangular on the sides, 

 elongated in front. _ _ _ 



B. Head compressed on the sides, almost cylin- 

 drical, truncated in front. 



a. Fourth joint of the antenuse slender, as long 



as the iliree first together. 



b. Fourth joint of the antenniE stout, a little 



longer than the second and third together. 

 * Scuteiium not extending to the tip of the 

 abdomen. - - - - 



** Sculelluui extending to the tip of the abdo- 

 men. _ . - - - 



Phymata. 



Mecodactylus, Fieber. 



Carcinochelis, Fieber. 

 Mackocephalus. 



Genus 1. PHYMATA. 



Phymata, Latr. Gen. iii. 138. Serv. Hist. Hem. 288, Fieb. Eur. Hem, 33— 

 Syrtis, Fabr. Syst. Rhyn. 123. Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. 251. 



Europe. 



1. Phymata ckassipes. 



, Geoffr. Ins. i. 447. Schctff. Icon. pi. 57, f. 12— Cimex 



crassipes, Linn. Sytt. Nat. i. 2. Rossi, Faun. Etr. 4, 1286 — Syrtis 

 crassipes, Fabr. Sysl. Rhyn. 121. Svhe.lb. Wanz. Ins. 4, pi. 6, f. 3. 

 Hahn, Wanz. Ins. lii. 58. Burm. Handb. Enl. ii. 251. Ramb. Faun. 

 And. ii. 1()7 — Cimex crassipes, Panz. Faun. Germ. 23, 24 — Acanthia 

 crassipes, Wolff. Icon. C'im. 88, pi. 9, f. 82. Coqueb. III. Icon. 31, 

 pi. 21, f. 6 — Phymata crassipes, Latr. Gen. iii. 138. St. Farg. et Serv. 

 Enc. Mclh. X. 119. L. Duf. Reck. Hem. 53. Brulle, Hist. Nat. Ins. 

 ix. 347. Blanch. Hist. Nat. Ins. iii. 114. Westiv. Trans. Ent. Soc. 

 Land. iii. pi. 2, f. 2. Serv. Hist. Hem. 290. Fieb. Eur. Hem. 110. 



Europe. 



2. Phymata monstrosa. 



Acanthia monstrosa, Fabr. — Syrtis monstrosa, Fabr. Si/st. Rhyn. 122. 

 Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. 25 1. Hahn, Wanz. Ins. iii. 57, pi. 90, f. 273— 

 Phymata monstrosa, Fieb. Eur. Hem. 110. 



a, b. Europe. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



North America. 



3. Phymata erosa. 



Cimex erosn, Linn. Syst. Nat. 2, 718. Tign. Hist. Nat. Ins. iv. 264, pi. 6, 

 f. 3 — Cimex scorpio, Deg. Ins, iii, 350, pi. 35, f. 13 — Syrtis erosa, 



