30 HEMIPTERA. 



d. N. Coast of New Holland. Presented by Sir John Rich- 



ardson. 



e. Van Diemen's Land. Presented by Rev. Augustus Beau- 



fort. 



/. Van Diemen's Land. Presented by R. Butler, Esq. 

 g. New Holland. 



2. CHCEROCORIS variegatus, n. s. 



C. rufus, punctatus, nigro-variegatus ; capite nigro, rufo-lineato ; 

 abdomine utrinque serie duplici macularum nigrarum. 

 Long. lin. 5. 



Ovate, rather elongate, bright red, shining, thickly and rather 

 strongly punctured. Head black, with a red line on the central 

 lobe, and a spot of the same colour on each of the lateral lobes. 

 Eyes black. Thorax with a broad transverse black band near the 

 anterior margin, and a second near the posterior margin ; these 

 bands united on each side by a longitudinal band which runs 

 from behind the eye to the posterior angle and in the centre by 

 a short longitudinal line. Scutellum with a slight, raised, longi- 

 tudinal line in the centre ; a large patch at the base, an irregular 

 interrupted band behind the middle (formed of four confluent 

 spots) and a furcate patch on the apex, black. Abdomen beneath 

 bright red, shining, very finely punctured, with two rows of large 

 black spots on each side. Anal apparatus variegated with black. 

 Breast orange, variegated with black. Legs black, with the thighs 

 bright red beneath. Rostrum black, yellowish at the base. An- 

 tennaj black. 



a. Swan River. From Mr. Turner's Collection. 



3. CHCEROCORIS aulicus. 



Pachycoris aulicus, Germ. Silb. Rev. Ent. v. 189. 141 (1837); 



Germ. Zeits. i. 90. 15 (1839) ; H. Schdff. Wanz. v. 10. t. 148. 



fig. 467 (1839). 

 Var. Pachycoris ornatus, Germ. Silb. Rev. Ent.v. 190. 142 (1837). 



a. Africa. From Col. Whitehall's Collection. 



b. S. Africa. From M. Argent's Collection. 



c. Port Natal. From M. Gueinzius's Collection. 



Genus 14. PACHYCORIS. 



Cimex, p., Fab. Ent. Syst. iv. (1794). 

 Tetyra, p., Fab. Syst. Rh. (1803). 

 Scutellera, p., Pal B. Ins. (1805). 



Pachycoris, p., Burm. Handb. ii. (1835); Germ. Zeits. i. (1839) ; 

 Am. $ Serv. Hem. (1843). 





