118 HEMIPTERA. 



17. ^ETHUS picipes. 



Cydnus picipes, Fall. Mon. dm. 54. 4 (1807); Hahn, Wanz. \. 



165. t. 25. fig. 85(1831). 



Cadruthus, Amyot, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 2 me ser. iii. 428. 37 (1845). 

 a. France. 



18. ^ETHUS maurus, n. s. 



M. niger subnitidus, punctatissimus ; elytris pedibusque piceo- 

 fuscis; tarsis rostroque ferrugineis; membrana subhyalina; 

 antennis fusco-ferrugineis. $ $ . 

 Long. lin. 3. 



Black, somewhat shining, very thickly and finely punctured. 

 Head as long as broad, with the anterior margin semicircular, 

 very faintly notched at the tip, lateral lobes not passing the cen- 

 tral. Ocelli not very large, red. Thorax with a faint punctured 

 transverse furrow about the middle, the anterior and lateral mar- 

 gins, and the portion of the disc behind the transverse furrow, very 

 thickly and finely punctured. Scutellum rather elongated, very 

 thickly and finely punctured. Coriaceous portion of the elytra 

 pitchy chestnut, finely and rather thickly punctured, the punc- 

 tures closer on the line of the nervures, the neighbourhood of 

 which is darker than the rest of the surface ; membrane brown- 

 ish, transparent. Abdomen very thickly and finely punctured 

 on the sides, the centre of the disc smooth, shining, impunctate ; 

 the posterior margins of the segments very minutely denticulated. 

 Legs pitchy black, with the tarsi ferruginous. Rostrum ferrugi- 

 nous. Antennae ferruginous brown. 



a. India? Presented by General Thomas Hardwicke. 



19. -ZETHUS philippinensis, n. s. 



JEi. niger, nitidus, punctatus; antennis, tarsis, rostroque fuscis; 

 membrana fuscescenti subhyalina. $ . 

 Long. lin. 3. 



Black, shining, with the head, the lateral margins of the thorax 

 and of the base of the elytra fringed with fine short bristles. 

 Head rather small, with the anterior margin slightly reflexed, 

 distinctly emarginate, but with the lateral lobes not meeting be- 

 yond the central; surface thickly and rather strongly rugose 

 punctate, with the central lobe smooth. Thorax very thickly 

 and rather strongly punctured, except the anterior portion of the 

 disc, which is smooth, with a strong central impression at the 

 anterior margin, where there is a transverse band of fine punc- 

 tures. Scutellum thickly and rather coarsely punctured; the 

 apex with a distinct, finely punctured fovea. Coriaceous portion 

 of the elytra somewhat pitchy, rather thickly and coarsely punc- 



