120 HEMIPTERA. 



24. ^ETHUS insularis. 



Cydnus insularis, Hope, Cat. 19? (1837). 



a. Brazil. 



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



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



25. JETHUS pygmseus, n. s. 



JE. niger, elytrorum corio piceo, punctato; thoracis lateribus 

 sparse punctatis ; scutello, basi excepto, punctato ; membrana 

 albida ; antennis fuscis ; tarsis fulvis. ? . 

 Long. lin. 2. 



Elongate-ovate, black, shining. Head with the lateral lobes 

 sparingly punctured. Ocelli red. Thorax smooth, somewhat 

 quadrate, transverse, with a short line of fine punctures close to 

 the middle of the anterior margin, a line of similar punctures 

 across the disc behind the middle, and a few scattered punctures 

 on the sides. Scutellum long, rather thickly and finely punc- 

 tured, with the base impunctate. Coriaceous portion of the 

 elytra pitchy, very thickly and finely punctured, the punctures 

 larger along the nervures; membrane whitish. Body beneath 

 black ; abdomen thickly and finely punctured on the sides ; the 

 disc smooth. Legs pitchy; tarsi pale orange. Antennae pale 

 brown, with the tips of the fourth and fifth joints paler or testa- 

 ceous. 



a. India. 



26. ^ETHUS apicalis, n. s. 



M. oblongo-ovatus, piceus, punctatus, nitidus; antennis, apice, 

 tarsisque flavis. $ . 

 Long. lin. 2. 



Oblong-ovate, pitchy, shining, punctured. Head with the 

 central lobe a little longer than the lateral. Thorax thickly and 

 finely punctured on the lateral margins, and with a broad, shal- 

 low, transverse, sparingly punctured impression across the disc 

 behind the middle. Scutellum finely and rather thickly punc- 

 tured. Coriaceous portion of the elytra finely and thickly punc- 

 tured; membrane transparent. Anterior legs reddish, four pos- 

 terior pitchy ; tarsi pale yellow. Antennae pitchy brown, with 

 the tip of the third, the apical half of the fourth, and the whole 

 of the fifth joints, orange-yellow. 



a. N. India. From Capt. Boys's Collection. 



Genus 4. CYDNUS. 

 Cimex, p., Fab. Ent. Syst. iv. (1794); Schr. Enum. Ins. Aust. 



