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obtuse and projecting point, of which the sides are much rounded ; 

 front a little wider than the head, concave, anterior angles cut off 

 straight ; sides more or less sinuate ; posterior angles rounded, pos- 

 terior margin, as far as the base of the scutellum, straight ; the disk 

 hindwardly at the broadest part much raised, before and behind this 

 much deflected. Scutellum convex, more than half as long as the 

 abdomen, but not so broad, sides much sinuate, apex broadly rounded. 

 Elytra : Corium ; anterior margin sinuate ; posterior margin rounded ; 

 Membrane with 5 long nerves. Sternum without transverse channels ; 

 rostral channel very slight. Legs moderate ; tibia finely haired ; 

 tarsi ; 1st joint as long as the 3rd, 2nd short. 



Abdomen short, semi-elliptic, very convex beneath. 



Species 1. EYSARCORIS MELANOCEPHALUS. 



CIMEX MELANOCEPHALUS, Fab. E. S. 12, 176 (1794); Wolff, Ic. Cim. fig. 



134 (1811) ; Pane. E. G. 26, 24. 

 CTDNTJS Fab. S. R. 187, 14 (1803). 



EYSARCORIS Hahn, Wanz. ii, 66, t. 70, fig. 211 (1834). 



EUSARCORIS Fieb. Europ. Hem. 332, 1 (1861). 



Shining, whitish clouded with brown, punctured ; pronotum in front 

 with two large, subquadrate, coppery-black patches, and a large 

 triangular patch of the same colour at the base of the scu- 

 tellum. 



Head coppery-black, rugosely punctate. Antennas : 1st and 2nd 

 joints luteous ; 3rd more or less piceous ; 4th and 5th black, the 

 base narrowly luteous. jEyes brown. Ocelli small, red. Rostrum 

 luteous ; labrum and 3rd and 4th joints brown. 



Thorax. Pronotum; sides nearly straight, at the broadest part 

 of the disk a little produced, hinder angles much rounded ; lateral 

 margins yellowish, delicately bordered with black, at the anterior 

 angles a very minute tooth ; disk across the centre whitish, in front 

 a large subquadrate patch at each side, separated by a small trian- 

 gular space of the ground colour; hinder portion shaded with brown. 

 Scutellum whitish, shaded with brown, base with a large, trian- 

 gular, coppery-black patch. Elytra: Corium whitish shaded with 

 brown ; Membrane brown. Sternum strongly punctured, coppery- 

 black, with a white patch on each side of the centre. Legs pale 

 yellow ; thighs with a few, scattered brown punctures, two large 



