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Genus 22. CYPTOCORIS. 



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



Cyptocoris, Burm. Handb. ii. 388 (1839); Germ. Zeits. i. 49 



(1843). 



1. CYPTOCORIS Lundii. 



Tetyra Lundii, Fab. S. R. 133. 25 (1803). 

 Cyptocoris Lundii, Burm. Handb. ii. 388. 1 (1835) ; Germ. Zeits. 

 i. 50. 1. 1. 1. fig. 4 (1839). 



a. S. Africa. Presented by Dr. Andrew Smith. 



b. W. Africa. Presented by Captain Parry. 



Genus 23. ZOPHOESSA, n. g. 



Head about as broad as long, rounded at apex ; lateral lobes 

 shorter than the central one ; lateral margins slightly waved. 

 Rostrum reaching the base of the posterior legs ; second joint 

 very long, forming nearly half the rostrum; third and fourth 

 joints about equal, the third slightly inflated. Antennae 5-jointed, 

 slightly thickened towards the apex ; basal joint longer than the 

 second; third and fourth joints about equal, shorter than the 

 second; fifth joint equal to the first. Body ovate, convex. 

 Thorax with a transverse furrow across the disc, about the middle. 

 Membrane of elytra with five or six nervures. Abdomen with- 

 out a longitudinal furrow, but with two small dull spots near the 

 middle of the fourth and fifth segments. Anterior margin of 

 the breast very slightly produced. Legs moderate ; tarsi of three 

 joints ; first and third about equal, second very small. 



Pachycoris, p., Germ. Zeits. i. (1839). 



1. ZOPHOESSA porosa. 



Pachycoris? porosus, Germ. Zeits. i. 108. 56 (1839). 

 a. East Florida. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



Fam. 2. EURYGA STRIDE. 



Thorax hexagonal. Head produced, forming a triangle with 

 the prothorax. Lateral lobes of the head passing the" central 

 one (except in one or two species of Eurygaster), and generally 

 meeting beyond it. Eyes sessile. Antennae with the second 

 joint as long or longer than the third. Elytra straight, not folded 

 at the base of the membrane; the outer margin usually un- 

 covered to the apex of the coriaceous portion. 



Tetyrides and Eurygastrides, Am. fy Serv. Hem. (1843). 

 Praeanguli, p., Amyot, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 2 me ser. iii. (1845). 



