IJEMirXEKA iIKTL;i;01'TEKA. 133 



2. PiCROMERUS FUSCOANNULATUS. 



fu«coanmilatus, Stiil, Slelt. Enl. Zeit. xix. 176. 

 Silieiia. 



3. PiCROMERUS NIGIilDENS. 



Cimex nioviden';, Fair. . ?//<<. Rhi/n l.')6, 4 — Sliirlnis maculicnviiis, iJ/j^Zs. 

 el Rcj/.Ann. Snc. Li'nn. Li/nn. 18,^0-5-2. 76— .^/«/v. Opus. Ent. i. 95— 

 A^opus iiigri'leiis, Cosla^ (Jim. Cent. 2e(lif, ',V,i — Picronienis nijj;rideiis, 

 Fleb. Eur. Hem. 3iO—Muls. et Reij. Pun. Fr. ii. 341. 



S.mth Europe. 



4. PiCROMERUS COXIIIRMIS. 



Asopns coufoimis, If.-Sih. Wanz. Ins. v\. 72, ]il. 204, f. 640 — Picronienis 

 conformis, Muls. et Rcy. Pun. Fr. ii. 343. 



Turkey. 



Africa. 



5. PiCROMERUS SPINIDENS, C. H. 95. 



a. Bajjdad. Prespnted by W. K. I-oftus, Esq. 



h. Interior of South Africa. Froin tlie Zooloa'LMl Society's collection. 



c. Hindostan. Pres-eiited by W. W. Saunders, E^q. 



d. Hindostan. From Mr. Childrcu's collection. 



e. Java. Presented by J. C. Bowrinfj-, Esq. 



f. ? Presented by Gen. Hardwicke. 



h. .'' From Mr. Foxcrofi's collection. 



i. — . ? From Mr. Vigors' collection. 



Hindostan. 



6. PiCROMERUS OBTCSUS. 



JLtirido-fuscus, sat planns, nir/ro punctatus ; antenna nigra., ba.'ii pierce, 

 articulis 4o et bo basi albidis ; sniluin luleribus crcnulalis, spinis 

 talis oblusi.'i furcatis ; pectus el venter plagis laleralibus nigris ; 

 femora sordide testacea, niijro conspersa ; tibice futvcc, apice nigrce ; 

 alee anticce luridtr, nigricante punctatcs el notatce. 



Lurid-brown, oval, rather fiat, minutely punctured, dinghy testaceous 

 heneath ; jniiictures black. Rostrum din<jy testaceous. Antenna; black, 

 piceous towards the base; fourth and fifth joints whitish towards the base. 

 Scutum crenulate along each side in front; spines broad, obtuse, hardly 

 forked at the tips. Scutellum with a very slijjht keel, which is widely 

 forked lowaids the fore border. Pectus and under side of abdomen with 

 some black patches on each side; stifrma of the pectus ocliraceous. Femora 

 dinj;y testacecnis, lilack-speckled ; tibia; tawny, with black tips; tarsi black. 

 F'ore wings lurid, with blackish punctures and with a few small blackish 

 marks ; membrane aeneous. Ijcnglh of the body 6.^ lines. 



a. North Hindostan. From Capt. Picid's collection. 



7. PiCROMERUS NIGRIVITTA. 



Sordide leslaceus, sat planus, nigra conspcrstts, subtiis lividus; anienncc 

 nigra', basi picece, articulis Ao et bo basi fiavis ; scutum tuberculis 

 duobus pallide testaceis, lateribus serrulis, spinis aneis truncalis ; 

 venter nigra itniviltatus ; pedes ctneo sidnitentcs. 



• 



