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3. PSACASTA Cerinthe. 



Cimex Cerinthe, Fab. E. S. iv. 82. 9 (1794). 



Tetyra Cerinthe, Fab. S. R. 140. 56 (1803); Schib'dte, Kroy 



Tijdsk. iv. 301. 18 (1842). 

 Tetyra (pagana) gentilis, Fab. S. R. 140. 57. 

 Trigonosoma Cerinthe et pagana, Germ. Zeits. i. 57. 3 & 4 



(1839). 

 Psacasta nigra, Germ. Zeits. i. 141. 6 (1839); H. Schaff. Wanz. 



v. 47. t. 159. fig. 498 (1839). 



a. Tangier. From Mr. Eraser's Collection. 



Genus 2. BOLBOCORIS. 



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

 Bolbocoris, Am. fy Serv. Hem. 50 (1843). 



1. BOLBOCORIS rufus. 



Trigonosoma rufum, Hope, Cat. 12 (1837). 



Trigonosoma rufa, Germ. Zeits. i. 57. 5 (1839); H. Schaff'. 



Wanz. v. 42. 1. 157. fig. 494 (1839). 

 Bolbocoris tricolor, Am. fy Serv. Hem. 50. 1 (1843). 

 a. Senegal. Presented by M. Percheron. 



2. BOLBOCORIS ? reticulatus, n. s. 



B. testaceus, fusco-punctatissimus ; scutello punctis 2 albis ba- 

 salibus, postice nigro-reticulato. 

 Long. lin. 2f. 



Above pale testaceous, thickly punctured with brown, and 

 sprinkled with small smooth whitish warts. Head pale brown, 

 very thickly punctured. Thorax with three small tubercles close 

 to the anterior margin; lateral angles very prominent. Scu- 

 tellum reticulated with black, with a strong longitudinal keel 

 towards the apex, and a white spot on each side at the base. 

 Beneath pale brown, variegated with testaceous ; head darker. 

 Legs pale brown, annulated with dull yellow. Antennae brown, 

 with the apical joint black. Membrane of elytra and wings hya- 

 line. 



a. China (Fow-choo-foo). Presented by G. Tradescant Lay, 

 Esq. 



Genus 3. ANCYROSOMA. 



Cimex, p., Rossi, Faun. Etr. ii. (1790); Fab. Ent. Syst. iv. 



(1794). 



Tetyra, p., Fab. Syst. Rh. (1803); H. Sch. Norn. Ent. i. (1835). 

 Ventocoris, p., Hahn, Wanz. ii. (1834). 



