124 HEMIPTERA. 



Head slightly emarginate in front, with the margin slightly re- 

 flexed ; surface rather thickly and strongly punctured, and some- 

 what rugose. Thorax with the anterior and lateral margins, and 

 a broad band across the disc behind the middle coarsely and ir- 

 regularly punctured; the anterior portion of the disc and the 

 posterior margin impunctate. Scutellum very coarsely punctured. 

 Coriaceous portion of the elytra somewhat pitchy, with the disc 

 and outer margin thickly but not very coarsely punctured, the 

 base and inner margin coarsely punctured ; the punctures of the 

 inner margin arranged in longitudinal lines ; membrane yellow- 

 ish white, somewhat opaque. Abdomen beneath deep black, 

 shining, with the disc impunctate, the sides thickly and finely 

 punctured. Breast black, with the antepectus rather thickly and 

 finely punctured. Anterior legs chestnut-brown, with the base 

 of the thighs and the tibial spines pitchy black ; four posterior 

 legs pitchy ; all the tarsi yellow. Antennae ferruginous brown, 

 becoming a little paler towards the apex. 



a. New Holland. Presented by Sir John Richardson, M.D, 



Genus 7- HIVERUS. 

 Hiverus, Am. fy Serv. Hem. 88 (1843). 



1. HIVERUS hirtus. 



Hiverus hirtus, Am. $ Serv. Hem. 89. 1 (1843). 



a. Senegal. Presented by M. Audinet Serville. 



b. W. Africa. 



Genus 8. CHCEROCYDNUS. 

 Chcerocydnus, White, Zool Voy. Ereb. $ Terr. 



1. CHCEROCYDNUS foveolatus. 



Chrerocydnus foveolatus, White, Zool. Voy. Ereb. 4* Terr, 

 a. New Holland. Presented by Capt. Grey. 



Genus 9. SCAPTOCORIS. 



Scaptocoris, Perty, Del. An. Art. 16 (1830); Burm. Handb. ii. 

 376 (1835) ; Am. $ Serv. Hem. 94 (1843). 



L SCAPTOCORIS castaneus. 



Scaptocoris castaneus, Perty, Del 16. t. 33. fig. 5 (1830) ; Burm. 

 Handb. ii. 3/6 (1835); Am. Sf Serv. Hem. 95. 1 (1843). 

 a. S. America. From Mr. Children's Collection. 



