

HEMIPTERA. 



Cydnus, p., Fab. Syst. Rh. (1803); Hahn, Wanz. i. (1831); 



H. Sch. Norn. Ent. (1835); Burm. Handb. ii. (1835); Ramb. 



Faun. And. (1841?). 



Pentatoma, p., LeP. fy Serv. Enc. x. (1825). 

 Brachypelta, Am. fy Serv. Hem. 89 (1843). 



1. CYDNUS aterrimus. 



Cimex aterrimus, Forst. Nov. Ins. Sp. 71 (1771). 

 Cimex niger spinipes, De Geer, Mem. iii. 269. 13 (1773). 

 Cimex tristis, Fab, Syst. Ent. 716. 97 (1775) $ E. S. iv. 124. 



1/2 (1794) ; Rossi, F. E. ii. 23?. 1315 (1790). 

 Cimex spinipes, Schr. Enum. Ins. Aust. 273. 527 (1781). 

 Cydnus tristis, Fab. S. R. 185. 7 (1803); Panz. F. G. 32. 16; 



Hahn, Wanz. i. 161. t. 25. fig. 83 (1831) ; H. Sch. Norn. Ent. 



54 & 90 (1835); Burm. Handb. ii. 375. 5 (1835); Ramb. 



Faun.And.il 114. 6 (1841?). 



Pentatoma tristis, LeP. fy Serv. Enc. x. 58. 24 (1825). 

 Brachypelta tristis, Am. 4 Serv. Hem. 90. 1 (1843). 

 Brachypelta, Amyot, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 2 me ser. iii. 425. 33 



(1845). 



Geoff. Ins. i. 470. /O. 

 Stoll. Pun. 126. pi. 32. fig. 223. 



a. Italy. 



b. Marseilles. 



c. S. of France. Presented by Francis Walker, Esq. 



d. Spain. Presented by Capt. Parry. 



e. Tunis. From Mr. Fraser's Collection. 



Genus 5. ECTINOPUS, n. g. 

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



Head rounded and entire in front, central lobe reaching the 

 anterior margin. Ocelli rather small, placed close to the inner 

 angles of the eyes. Antennse five-jointed ; basal joint very short, 

 not reaching the apex of the head; second joint longer than the 

 third, which is longer than the first, fourth longer than the se- 

 cond ; fifth joint wanting. Rostrum scarcely passing the inter- 

 mediate coxae ; basal joint reaching the base of the head; second 

 joint longest ; third very little shorter than the second, lender 

 than the first ; fourth and first about equal. Body ovate, rather 

 elongate. Thorax transverse, subquadrate, emarginate in front. 

 Scutellum triangular, rather short, scarcely reaching the middle 

 of the abdomen. Coriaceous portion of the elytra smaller than 

 the membrane ; membrane with numerous nervures. Legs very 

 long and slender, especially the posterior tibias, which are more 



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