HEMIPTERA. 49 



Eurygaster hottentottus, Lap. Hem. 69 (1832); Am. fy Serv. 



Hem. 53. 1 (1843). 



Bellocoris maurus, Hahn, Wanz. ii. 44. t. 45. fig. 139 (1834). 

 Eurygaster hottentotta, Kolen. Mel. Ent. iv. 12. 131 (1846). 

 Eurygaster, Amyot, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 2 me ser. iii. 409. 12 (1845). 

 Geoff. Ins. i. 467. 66 & 468. 67. 



a. Paris. Presented by M. Audinet Serville. 



b. France. 



c. Corsica. Presented by M. Audinet Serville. 



d. Italy. Presented by Dr. Leach. 



e. Polish Ukraine. Presented by Dr. Dowler. 



f. Britain. 



Var. ft. T. nigra, Fab. 



g. Paris. Presented by M. Audinet Serville. 

 h. France. 



i. Britain. 



5. EURYGASTER? acuminatus. 



E. griseus, punctatus ; capite magno, antice acuminate, lobis 



lateralibus centralem longitudine superantibus, antice coeun- 



tibus. 



Long. lin. 4. 



Above yellowish grey, finely and thickly punctured. Head 

 very long, pointed in front, with a very small notch at the apex ; 

 lateral lobes much longer than the central one, meeting beyond 

 it. Thorax with the lateral angles prominent, somewhat acute. 

 Scutellum narrow, with the lateral margins nearly straight ; 

 punctured with black except at the base. Coriaceous portion of 

 the elytra punctured with brown. Membrane transparent. Body 

 beneath testaceous, covered with fine brown punctures. Ab- 

 domen with a very slight central furrow, and with a row of large 

 brown punctures across the posterior margin of each segment. 

 Breast with a strong central furrow ; anterior margin not pro- 

 duced beneath the head. Legs testaceous, the thighs punctured 

 with brown. Rostrum of the same colour, with the tip pitchy. 

 Antennae ferruginous. 



a. New Holland. Presented by Sir John Richardson, M.D. 



Genus 6, GRAPHOSOMA. 



Cimex, p., Linn. S, N. ; Rossi, Faun. Etr. ii. (1/90) ; Fab. Ent. 



Syst. iv. (1794). 



Thyreocoris, p., Schrank, Fauna Boica, ii. 67 (1801). 

 Tetyra, p., Fab. Syst. Rh. (1803); Fall. Hem. Suec. (1629); 



H. Sch. Nom. Ent. i. (1835). 

 Scutellera, p., Lat. Gen. iii. (1807) ; Lam. Hist. Nat. iii. (1816) ; 



L. Duf. Reck. (1833). 



