Scutellerinae. 309 
Tribe 4. 
Sphaerocorini. 
This small tribe is entir i 
rely absent from the Australasian, Palaearcti 
: ; alaea 
American Regions. ; petig and 
Australasian Oriental Ethiopian | Palaearctic | American Ey 
a = = Zz 3 2 A rae e 
, & 3s q =| d q + Aa ese 3 ence || fe¥ 
Gout Pelee see alos te | ee eee hese 
$ Nees erSilrs yy lee ENTE S| eS cy | ce 
ee SS S| cee Sly Se eshte a |es/esi4 
Z Ei a? aka | a es (<8 ae 2 
Sphaerocoris . ==] = || |} TED s| eee we Bes | iG 
Steganocerus . Sa es (EN CE eh yh | ey oer Oe 
‘Hyperoncus —|—|—] 1 Se NB) a en | a) ae 
‘Chiastosternum . —|—!/|—]—-— eH | Sa een es ea 
a a a ie a ae a fe ie 
Total: Oriental 4; Ethiopian 7. 
Sphaerocoris. 
Burmeister 1835 Handb. Ent. II. 348 a. 390; Stal 1865 Hem. Afr. I. 46; Schou- 
teden 1903 Rh. Aeth. I. 12, f. 5; and 1904 Gen. Ins., fase. 24. p. 12 (type 
ocellatus = annulus). 
1 annulus’) 
Cimex annulus Fabricius 1775 Syst. Ent. 697. 
C. argus Drury 1782 Ill. N. H. Ill. 67, Pl. 46. f. 9. 
Scutellera gibbosa Pal. Beauv. 1805 Ins. Afr. Amér., Hém. 
932, Pl. 5. f. 3. 
Sphaerocoris annularis [Westwood] 1837 Cat. Hope I. 13. 
S. distinctus Signoret 1851 Rev. Mag. Zool. HI. 441. 
S. argus Stal 1865 1. ec. 
S. annulus Schouteden 1903 Rh. Aeth. I. 13. 
var. (b) ocellata 
Sphaerocoris annulus H-S. 1836 Wanz. III. 105, 
Fabricius). 
S. ocellatus Burmeister 1835 op. cit. 3912); Stal 1865 1. c.; 
Blanchard 1840 Hist. Hém. 157, Pl. VII. f 7. 
Tetyra ocellata Klug 1845 Symb. Phys. V. Pl. 43. £. 1—3. 
§§ Schouteden 1903 op. cit. 92, Pia i aan): 
8§ Klug 1845 op. cit., Pl. 43. f£ 3 (n.). 
2 testudogrisea 
Cimex testudogrisea de Geer 1778 Mém. VII. 616, Pl. 46. f. 2—3. 
Sphaerocoris punctaria [Westwood] 1837 1. e. 
S. polysticta [Westwood] l. ¢. 
8. tigrinus Germar 1839 Zeitschr. 
Wanz. V. 8, f. 465. 
§. punctarius Stal 1865 op. cit. 49. 
S. testudogrisea Stal 1866 Hem. Afr. 
1903 op. cit. 15. 
var. (b) caffer . 
Sphaerocoris caffer S31 1853 O. V. A. F. X. 210. 
var. (c) poecila “ 
ae poecilus Dallas 1851 List 9; Stal 1865 Hem. 
Afr. I. 48. 
S. niloticus St&l 1854 O. V. A. F. XI. 282. 
Ethiopian region (con- 
tinental). 
f. 3380 (not 
Continental Ethio- 
pian- Region and 
Madagascar. 
Ent. I. 77; H-S. 1839 
IV. 252; Schouteden 
1) Schouteden cites “Scutellatus tigrinus” Voet 1798 Col. IV. 111, Pl. 47. f. 9. I do not know 
this, and Sherborn notes it as non binomial. 
r j wv . ater. 
2) Burmeister cites Klug’s figures! b shed till 10 years later 
ut the text was apparently not publi 
