52 HEMIPTERA. 



Genus 1. PODOPS. 



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



Tetyra, p., Fab. Syst. Rh. (1803) ; Fall. Hem. Suec. (1829) ; H. 



Sch. Norn. Ent. i. (1835). 

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

 Podops, Lap. Hem. 72 (1832); Spin. Hem. 372 (1837); Germ. 



Zeits. i. 63 (1839); Am. $ Serv. Hem. 56 (1843). 

 Podops, p., Burm. Handb. ii. (1835). 



1. PODOPS inunctus. 



Cimex inunctus, Fab. E. S. iv. 90. 45 (1794) ; Panz. F. G. 36. 



24; Wolff, Ic. dm. 5. t. 1. fig. 5 (1800). 

 Tetyra inuncta et Tangira, Fab. S. R. 139. 53 & 138. 49 (1803). 

 Tetyra Tangira, Fall. Hem. Suec. 16. 7 (1829); Schiodte, Krby. 



Tijds. iv. 300. 16 (1842). 

 Podops inunctus, Lap. Hem. 72 (1832); Burm. Handb. ii. 387. 



2 (1835); Spin. Hem. 372. 1 (1837); Germ. Zeits. i. 63. 1 



(1839); Am. $ Serv. Hem. 57. 1 (1843). 

 Tetyra inuncta, H. Sch. Norn. Ent, i. 53 & 89 (1835). 

 Podops Tangirus, Germ. Zeits. i. 66. 6 (1839). 

 Podops siculus, A. Cost. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. x. 301. 12. pi. 6. 



fig. 8 (1841). 

 Podops, Amyot, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 2 me ser. iii. 415. fig. 6 (1845). 



a. France. Presented by M. Audinet Serville. 



b. Europe. From Mr. Children's Collection. 



c. Britain. 



2. PODOPS dubius. 



Scutellera dubia, Pal. Beauv. Ins. 33. Hem. pi. 5. fig. 6 (1805). 

 Tetyra cinctipes, Say, Am. Ent. iii. t. 43. fig. inf. dext. (1828). 

 Podops dubius, Germ. Zeits. i. 64. 2 (1839); H. ScMff. Wanz. 

 v. 44. t. 158. fig. 495 (1839). 



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



3. PODOPS luridus. 



Tetyra lurida, Burm. Nova Acta Ac. Leop. xvi. Supp. 288 (1834). 

 Podops luridus, Germ. Zeits. i. 64. 3 (1839). 



a. Hong Kong. Presented by J. C. Bo wring, Esq. 



4. PODOPS obscurus, n. s. 



P. supra pallide fuscus, subtus piceus, punctatissimus ; thoracis 

 margine antico utrinque spina parva armato, angulis laterali- 

 bus emarginatis ; tibiis tarsisque pallide brunneis. 

 Long. lin. 3J. 

 Above brown, obscure, thickly and rather finely punctured. 



Head rather small, black, narrowed in front ; lateral lobes longer 



