HEMIPTERA. 87 



1. JALLA dumosa. 



Cimex dumosus, Linn. S. N. i. 721. 46 (1767); Fab. E. S. iv. 



111. 121 (1794) # S. R. 168. 71 (1803) ; Panz. F. G. 33. 18 ; 



Fall. Mon. dm. 47. 10 (1807) 8f Hem. Suec. 28. 12 (1826). 

 Jalla dumosa, Hahn, Wanz. i. 101. t. 16. fig. 54, 55 (1831) ; Am. 



fy Serv. Hem. 86. 1 (1843) ; Kolen. Mel. iv. 36. 161 (1846). 

 Pentatoma dumosum, H. Sch. Norn. Ent. i. 56 & 92 (1835). 

 Asopus dumosus, Barm. Handb. ii. 378. 3 (1835); H. Sch. Wanz. 



vii. 113(1844). 

 Jalla, Amyot, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 2 me ser. iii. 423. 30 (1845). 



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



b. Europe. Presented by M. Goureau. 



Genus 7- PLATYNOPUS. 



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

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

 Platynopus, Am. fy Serv. Hem. 79 (1843). 

 Asopus, p., H. Schaff. Wanz. vii. (1844). 



1. PLATYNOPUS melanoleucus. 



^Elia melanoleuca, Hope, Cat. 33 (1837). 



Platynopus varius, Am. fy Serv. Hem. 79. 1. pi. 3. fig. 9 (1843). 

 a. Philippine Islands. From Mr. Cuming's Collection. 



2. PLATYNOPUS rostratus. 



Cimex rostratus, Drury, Ins. iii. 59. pi. 43. fig. 2 (1782). 



Cimex calens, Fab. S. R. 163. 41 (1803). 



Pentatoma 17-maculata, Pal. Beauv. Ins. 112. Hem. pi. 8. fig. 4 



(1805). 

 Asopus calens, H. Schaff. Wanz. vii. 113 & 117. t. 225. fig. 709 



(1844). 

 Stoll, Pun. 59. pi. 14. fig. 97. 



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



b. Congo. Presented by Sir John Richardson, M.D. 



Genus 8. MACRORHAPHIS, n. g. 



Head rather narrow,rounded in front, central lobe as long as the 

 lateral. Eyes prominent ; ocelli placed close to, and rather behind, 

 the eyes. Antennae about half the length of the body, of five 

 joints ; second, third and fourth joints about equal, fifth shorter. 

 Rostrum reaching the posterior coxae, second joint very little 

 longer than the others. Thorax with the lateral angles produced 

 into strong spines. Membrane of the elytra with ten nervures. 

 Ventral spine very long, reaching the anterior coxae, with the 

 apex much compressed and turned in towards the sternum. An- 



