of some Hemi]>terous Insects. 1)3 



Cerbus (Dereptcryx) Hardwickii. 



C. (D.) thorace serrato, dor so salts Icevi, transverseque rugoso, tibiis 



(jnfemina saltern) simpUcibus. 

 Long. lin. 12, lat. thor. lin. 6|. 

 Hab. in Nepalia. In Mus. Brit. 



This handsome insect is dedicated to the late indefatio-able 

 General Hardwicke, who bequeathed his valuable collection of 

 Natural History and Drawings to the British Museum.* 



In both species there is a compound tooth at the apex of all 

 the femora. 



Calliprepes, White, Mag. of Nat. Hist. Nov. 1839, p. 543. 



The species here to be described seems to form a distinct 

 genus among the Capsini, and has some interesting points of ana- 

 logy with some of the other families. It is of an oblong elliptical 

 form. Head small, with a distinct neck, in front slightly three- 

 lobed. Antennae (mutilated) situated on a slightly projectino' 

 lobe" on the upper side of head, in front of the eyes, which are 

 very prominent, first joint not so long as head and thorax, ciliated, 

 cylindrical, rather thickest at tip. There is a depression between 

 the eyes, which narrows and is continued to the back part of 

 head, the narrowed part being impressed on the sides, no ocelli. 

 Beak short, not reaching far beyond first pair of legs, apparently 

 three-jointed, second joint longer than first and third. Thorax 

 semicircular, not so broad as hemelytra, somewhat truncated be- 

 hind, in front emarginate, and margined as are the slightly sinu- 

 ated distinctly ciliated sides. Scutellum as long as head and 

 thorax together, pointed. Hemelytra large, reaching beyond ab- 

 domen, the membranaceous part seven-veined, the two interior 

 almost united at base, the two exterior united at tip. Legs 

 slender, hairy. Tarsi three-jointed, first joint as long as second 



* In 1814 Dr. Leach described in the Zoological Miscellany, vol. i. tab. 40, a 

 New Holland species of Coreids, under the name of Mictis crucifera. It seems 

 to be identical with tiie LygiEus projamis, Fabr. Syst. Rhyng, 21 1 . 33. Anisoscelis 

 pro/'o?ius,Guerin,Iconographie,pl. 55, fig. 9. Burmeister regards it as synonymous 

 with the Lygdus sanctus of Fabricius, and places it in his genus Crinoceiiis, the 

 name he applies to thai division of insects, separated from Liig<vus of authors by 

 Palisot de Beauvois,(and described by him in his ' Insectes recueillis,' itc. p. 204,) 

 under the name of Acanthocerus. Mr. Macleay subsequently applied the name 

 to a genus of TrogklcB (Horae Ent. i. p. 136), so that the name of the latter 

 must be altered, and if no other has been given it, I would propose that of Cera- 

 TOCANTiius, the type being the North American C. ccneus (Macl. 1. c. p. 137.) 



