HEMIPTERA. 10/ 



1. TTNACANTHA marginata, n. s. PL II. fig. 4. 



T. supra viridi-aenea, subnitida, punctata ; margine toto, corpore 

 subtus, pedibus, rostro, antennisque pallidis. ? . 

 Long. lin. 6^. 



Above brassy green, somewhat shining. Head very thickly 

 punctured, with two elevated, impunctate longitudinal bands on 

 the vertex between the ocelli. 'Eyes black ; ocelli red. Thorax 

 very thickly punctured, somewhat rugose, with the antero-lateral 

 margins yellowish white. Scutellum thickly and rather strongly 

 punctured, with a slightly elevated longitudinal line on the apical 

 portion. Coriaceous portion of the elytra thickly and finely 

 punctured on the disc, rather coarsely on the outer margin, the 

 basal portion of which is edged with yellowish white ; membrane 

 brown, with the edges transparent. Margins of the abdomen 

 yellowish white. Abdomen beneath tawny, shining, impunctate, 

 with the apex yellow ; the stigmata, and a zigzag longitudinal 

 line on each side, not reaching either the base or the apex, black. 

 Ventral spine short, not passing the posterior coxae. Breast 

 pale yellow, coarsely but sparingly punctured, and with a few black 

 spots on each side. Legs and rostrum yellowish white. An- 

 tennae testaceous, dusky towards the apex. 



a. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's Collection. 



Oenus 20. ASOPUS. 



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

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



Asopus, p., Burnt. Nova Acta Acad. Leop. xvi. Supp. (1834) fy 

 Handb. ii. (1835). 



1. ASOPUS mactans. 



Lygseus mactans, Fab. E. S. iv. 161. 89 (1794) 8f S. R. 227. 



115 (1803). 



Cimex oculatus, Fab. E. S. Supp. 535. 152 (1798). 

 Lygseus argus, Fab. S. R. 217. 58 (1803). 

 Asopus argus, Burm. Nova Acta Ac. Leop. xvi. Supp. 293. 14. 



t. 41. fig. 6 (1834). 

 a. . 



Genus 21. ZICRONA. 



Cimex, p., Linn. Syst. Nat. i. (1767) ; Fab. Ent. Syst. iv. (1794) 

 fy Syst. Rh. (1803); Schrank, F. B. ii. (1801); Fall. Mon. 

 Cim. (1807) fy Hem. Suec. (1826); Zett.Ins. Lapp. (1840). 



Pentatoma, p., Halm, Wanz. ii. (1834); H. Sch. Nom. Ent. i. 

 (1835) ; Curt. Brit. Ent. i. (1824). 



