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rest, and with a few small warts similar to those of the transverse 

 line. Coriaceous portion of the elytra thickly and irregularly 

 punctured with black, with numerous small impunctate spaces. 

 Membrane semitransparent, brownish, with the nervures and 

 some spots on the interstices brown. Margins of the abdomen 

 testaceous, with a black band at the base of each segment. 

 Breast blackish. Legs fulvous, with numerous large black points. 

 Rostrum testaceous, with the tip brownish. Antennae testaceous, 

 with a line on the under side of the basal joint, and the apices of 

 the other joints, black. 



a. New Holland (N.W. Coast). From Mr. Dring's Collec- 



"- 



Fam. 10. PHLCEID.E. 



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

 Antennae three-jointed. Ocelli two. Head with the lateral lobes 

 dilated into broad flat lobes ; body dilated all round into similar 

 lobes. Legs unarmed. Tarsi three-jointed. Body very flat. 

 Abdomen with a very distinct, central, longitudinal furrow. 



Genus 1. PHLCEA. 



Phlcea, Le P. $ Serv. Enc. x. Ill (1825); Spin. Hem. 270 



(1837); Am. fy Serv. Hem. 117 (1843). 

 Paracoris, Hahn, Wanz. ii. 92 (1834). 

 Phlo3ocoris, Burm. Handb. ii. 371 (1835). 



1. PHLCEA corticata. 



Cimex corticatus, Drury, Ins. ii. 76. pi. 40. fig. 2 (1773). 

 Phlcea cassidoides, Le P. $ Serv. Enc. x. 111. 1 (1825;; Guer. 



Ic. R. A. Ins. pi. 55. fig. 5. 



Paracoris paradoxus, Hahn, Wanz. ii. 93. t. 58. fig. 178 (1834). 

 Phloeocoris corticatus et paradoxus, Burm. Handb. ii. 371. 1. & 



3/2. 2 (1835). 

 Phlcea corticata, Am. fy Serv. Hem. 117. 1. pi. 5. fig. / (1843). 



a. Brazil. From M. Mornay's Collection. 



b. Brazil? From Mr. Shuckard's Collection. 



c. Brazil? From Mr. Birch's Collection. 



2. PHLCEA subquadrata. 



Phlcea subquadrata, Spin. Hem. 276 (1837). 

 a. Brazil. From M. Mornay's Collection. 



3. PHLCEA longirostris. 



Phlcea longirostris, Spin. Hem. 276 (1837). 



