ANALECTA AD COGNlTlONEM TESSARATOMINORUM. -^'^1 



longiore, marginibns lateralibus segraentorum diiorum nltimoriim serrula- 

 tis, latei'ibus segmenti qiiarti integris, baud serrnlatis ; ventre ilavo-testa- 

 eeo, vitta mediana nigra vel nigro-fusca et prœterea utrinque plaga discoi- 

 dali oblonga maculis fuscescentibus obsoletis formata notato, spina basali 

 coxas anticas baud vel vix attingente, utrinque nigro-marginata, apice 

 sursum baud vel vix curvata. Long, 30^/3 — 38, Lat. inter ang. lat, pronoti 

 14=^,4—19, ad basin bemelytr. 131/2—17 mill, 



d" . Processibus lateralibus segmenti genitalis, a latere visis, a basi 

 usque sensim angustatis, — a supero visis parum curvatis et distincte di- 

 vergentibus ; spinula apicali mediana distincta. 



Ç . Segmento ultimo ventrali medio paullo producto, parte producta 

 apice leviter emarginata. 



Cimex Mericmi Fabu. Syst. Eut. p. 707. 53, (1775); Goeze Eut, Beytr. 11, 

 p. -240. 21. (1778). 



Cimex Merianac Fabr. Spec, Ins, II, p, 8-50.75, (1785); Maut. Ins. II. p. 287. 

 '.)(). (1787); Gmel. Syst. Nat. I. 4. p. 2138. 201, ,(1788), 



Lygaeus Merianac Fabr, Ent, Sj^st. IV. p, 134, 3. (1794). 



Edessa Merianae Fabr. Syst. Rhyng. j). 149. 15. (1803). 



Oncomerus Merianae Burm. Handb. II. 1. p, 353, 1. (1835); H.-S«h. Waiiz. 

 Ins. IV. p. 81. fig. 411, (1839); Voll, Faun, ent. ind, néerland. III, p, 31, 3. ( ISCS). 



Oncomeris Merianae Blanch. Hist, des Ins. p. 142. 1. (1840). 



Stoll, Pun. fig. 141. 



Sumatra (Mus. Paris.) ; Java (Mus. Hung, et Paris.) ; Borneo : Pontia- 

 nak (Mus. Paris.) ; Amboina (Mus. Hung., Paris., Berol. et Januens., Coll. 

 Breddin et Montandon) ; Ceram, Timor (Mus. Paris.) ; Ins. Aru (Mus. Hung.) ; 

 Nova Guinea : Amberbaki (Mus. Paris.). 



Species maxima bujus generis, a divo Fabricio erronée e Surinam 

 descripta. 



2. Plisthenes confusus n. sp. 



Antennis nigris, articulo ultimo luteo, articulo tertio articulo secundo 

 sat distincte (6 : 4\ 2) et articulo quarto aequi longo; angulis lateralibus pro- 

 noti acutis, distincte prominulis ; scutello unicolore, raro apicem versus 

 nonnibil in ferrugineum vergente ; abdomine aeque longo ac lato, margini- 

 bns lateralibus segmentorum trium ultimorum serrulatis ; ventre flavo- vel 

 interdum subferrugineo-testaceo, vitta mediana nigra ornato, interdum 

 utrinque in regioné spiraculorum vitta submarginali obsoleta nigricante 

 instructo, spina basali coxas anticas baud attingente, utrinque nigro-mar- 

 ginata, apice nonnisi levissime sursum curvata. Long. 23 — 29, Lat. inter 

 ang. lat. pronoti ir^4 — 14^2, ad basin bemel3'tr. II — 13V'2 mill. 



cf . Processibus lateralibus segmenti genitalis, a latere visis a basi 



