68 HEMIPTERA. 



19. COPTOSOMA laticeps, n. s. 



C. nigrum, nitidum, punctatissimum ; capite latiusculo, lobis la- 



teralibus flavescentibus, antice non coeuntibus ; thoracis, scu- 



tellique lateribus flavescentibus ; abdominis marginibus, pedi- 



bus antennisque testaceis. S . 



Long. lin. l. 



Black, shining, thickly and finely punctured. Head broad, 

 with the lateral lobes dull yellow, margined with black. Thorax 

 with the lateral margins much dilated, strongly emarginate be- 

 fore the lateral angles ; the disc black, the sides livid testaceous, 

 punctured with pitchy brown, the anterior margin with two dull 

 yellow spots. Scutellum with a narrow transverse yellow band 

 at the base; the margins dull yellow, clouded and punctured 

 with brown. Abdomen black, shining, punctured ; with the mar- 

 gins and a row of submarginal spots on each side, yellow. Breast 

 dull black. Legs and antennae reddish testaceous, with the base 

 of the thighs brown. 



a. Ceylon. From Dr. Gardner's Collection. 



Genus 3. PROB^NOPS. 

 Probsenops, White, Entomologist, 406 (1842). 



1. PROB^ENOPS Dromedarius, White, Entomologist, 406 (1842). 

 a. Sierra Leone. Presented by the Rev. D. F. Morgan. 



Genus 4. BRACHYPLATYS. 



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



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



Brachyplatys, Boisd. Voy. Ast. Ent. 627 (1832). 



Platycephala, Lap. Hem. 74 (1832). 



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



Plataspis, p., Westwood, Hope's Cat. 16 (1837). 



Plataspis, Am. $ Serv. Hem. 63 (1843). 



1. BRACHYPLATYS pallipes. 



Cimex pallipes, Fab. Sp. Ins. ii. 343. 26 (1781) $ E. S. iv. 89. 38 



(1794). 



Cimex acaroides, Thunb. Nov. Ins. Sp. 29 (1783). 

 Tetyra pallipes, Fab. S. R. 142. 66 (1803). 

 Thyreocoris pallipes, Germ. Zeits. i. 31. 18 (1839); H. Schciff. 



Wanz. v. 15 & 31. t. 150. fig. 477 (1839). 



a. Africa. From Mr. Children's Collection. 



b. Cape of Good Hope. From M. Drege's Collection. 



c. Congo. Presented by Sir John Richardson. 



d. S. Africa. Presented by Dr. A. Smith. 



