130 HEMIPTERA. 



1. DISMEGISTUS circumcinctus. 



Cydnus circumcinctus, Hahn, Wanz. ii. 115. t. 65. fig. 195 (1834). 

 Dismegistus circumcinctus, Am. fy Serv. Hem. 99. 1 (1843). 



a. Cape of Good Hope. From M. Drege's Collection. 



b. S. Africa. Presented by D. A. Smith. 



2. DISMEGISTUS fimbriatus. 



Cimex fimbriatus, Thunb. Nov. Ins. Sp. 47. t. 2. fig. 61 (1783). 

 Dismegistus costalis, Reiche Fairm. Voy. de Ferret fy Galin. 

 en Abyss, iii. 438. 1. Zool. pi. 29. fig. 1 (1850). 



a. S. Africa. Presented by the Earl of Derby. 



b. S. Africa. Presented by Dr. Andrew Smith. 



3. DISMEGISTUS binotatus. 



Pentatoma binotata, Hope, Cat. 34 (1837). 



Cydnus sanguinolentus, Germ. Silb. Rev. Ent. v. 184. 130 (1837). 



a. S. Africa. Presented by Dr. A. Smith. 



b. Cape of Good Hope. 



Fam. 9. SCIOCORID^E. 



Rostrum long and slender, four-jointed; rostral canal distinct. 

 Antennae five-jointed. Ocelli generally present. Head flat, more 

 or less foliaceous, with the lateral lobes longer than the central, 

 and generally meeting beyond it. Tibise not spinous, but with the 

 margins more or less distinctly set with short bristles or minute 

 teeth. Tarsi three-jointed. Body flat, but not dilated in lobes all 

 round, sometimes linear. Abdomen not furrowed longitudinally. 



Sciocoris, Burm. Handb. ii. 372 (1835). 

 Sciocorides, Am. $ Serv. Hem. 118 (1843). 



TABLE OF GENERA. 



I. Elytra furnished with a membrane. 

 A. Head rounded or pointed and en- 

 tire in front, 

 a. Rostrum inserted at the middle 



or towards the apex of the head ; ^ 



basal joint not passing the base 

 of the head. 



1 . Lateral margins of the thorax 

 not dilated. 



a. Scutellum not reaching much 

 beyond the middle of the 

 abdomen. 



