36 Dr. Heineken’s Description of Cerascopus. 
my means of reference are very limited, and as it is several years since I 
have seen any collection of insects, excepting a very small and local one 
of my own, I may be deceived; in that case the details which I have 
given, will, perhaps, compensate for the failure of my attempt to con- 
tribute something new. 
Tam, Sir, 
Your obedient Servant, 
Funchal, Madeira, C,. HEINEKEN, M. D. 
25th April, 1829. 
Order. Hemiptera. 
Section. Heteroptera, (Kirby, Leach.) 
Family. Geocorise, (Latreille.) 
Tribe. Nudicolles, (Latreille.) 
Genus. Cerascopus, (nobis.) 
Corpus elongato-clavatum, membranaceum. Elyira aleque nulle. 
Caput elongato-ovatum, bilobatum. Ocelli nulli. Antenne cor- 
poris saltem longitudine, geniculate, filiformes (articulo 1mo aliis 
longiore et arcuato) ante oculos, et supra lineam ab iis usque ad 
rostri originem ductam, inserte. Rostrum articulo secundo mediove 
aliis plané breviore, Thorax elongatus, inzqualis, bipartitus. 
Pedes antici raptorii coxis elongatis, intermedii et postici (quorum 
hi longiores) longissimi, graciles, filiformes. 4bdomen clavatum, 
depressum, segmentis falsis. Genitalia exserta. 
Cerascopus marginatus. ' 
Length about four lines. Colour dingy yellowish brown, interspersed 
with umber, Legs and antenne of the latter colour with pallid articula- 
tions. Thighs and tibie of raptorious legs spotted with umber, and two in- 
terrupted central and one marginal line of the same on the abdomen, which 
is depressed above with an elevated margin and six false segments; 
smooth, entire, slightly convex, and of a pale yellow colour, beneath. 
Eyes black. Head divided into two unequal lobes, by a transverse de- 
pression between the eyes. First joint of antenne as long (or nearly) 
as the two next, and bowed forwards; fourth somewhat the shortest, and 
suddenly tapering toa fine conical point. Thorax unequally divided by 
