HEMIPTERA. Ill 



II. Anterior tarsi inserted on the inner 

 margin of the tibiae, at some distance 

 from the extremity. 



A. Rostrum short, not passing the ante- 

 rior coxae 9. SCAPTOCORIS. 



B. Rostrum very long, reaching the ab- 

 domen 10. STIBAROPUS. 





Genus 1. LOBOSTOMA. 



Cydnus, p., Eurm. Handb. ii, (1835). 

 Lobostoma, Am. fy Serv. Hem. 87 (1843). 



1. LOBOSTOMA giganteum. 



Cydnus giganteus, Eurm. Handb. ii. 375. 8 (1835). 

 Lobostoma giganteum, Am. Serv. Hem. 88. 1. pi. 2. fig. 6 

 (1843). 



I a. Honduras. From Mr. Dyson's Collection. 

 b. Columbia. From M. Goudot's Collection. 

 c. Para. From Messrs. Wallace and Bates's Collection. 



Genus 2. CYRTOMENUS. 



Cydnus, p., Spin. Hem. (1837). 

 Cyrtomenus, Am. fy Serv. Hem. 91 (1843). 



1. CYRTOMENUS teter. 



Cydnus teter, Spin. Hem. 332 (1837). 



a. Brazil. Presented by Mrs. J. P. G. Smith. 



b. Brazil. Presented by C. O'Reilly, Esq. 



2. CYRTOMENUS grossus, n. s. 



C. piceus, nitidus; thorace sulco transverse, punctate; mem- 



brana fulva, subopaca. <? 9 



Long. <? lin. 5|, ? lin. 6-6 J. 



Ovate, rather broader than the preceding. Above pitchy, shi- 

 ning. Head slightly wrinkled, and emarginate anteriorly. Eyes 

 and ocelli red. Thorax with a transverse, strongly punctured 

 impression at the anterior margin, and with a distinct transverse 

 row of large, impressed punctures ; the rest of the thorax nearly 

 impunctate. Scutellum with a few scattered, coarse punctures. 

 Coriaceous portion of the elytra rather finely and thickly punc- 

 tured, but with the punctures on the disc frequently obsolete ; 

 membrane brownish orange, semitransparent. Body beneath a 

 little paler than above, reddish at the insertions of the legs. 



