172 HEMIPTERA. 



Genus 17. EUMECOPUS, n. g. 



Head elongated,, pointed in front ; central lobe projecting be- 

 yond the lateral; lateral margins sinuated about the middle. 

 Antennae longer than the body, inserted about the middle of the 

 lateral lobes of the head, not very slender, four-jointed ; basal 

 joint stoutest, somewhat clavate, as long or longer than the head ; 

 second joint longest, third longer than the first, fourth shorter ? 

 [The fourth joint is wanting in the specimens of two of the three 

 species in the Museum Collection.] Rostrum very long, reach- 

 ing sometimes to the posterior margin of the fifth ventral seg- 

 ment, inserted rather in front of the base of the antennae ; basal 

 joint reaching the anterior coxae ; second and third joints about 

 equal, longer than the first ; fourth shorter than the first ; first 

 and second joints stoutest. Body elongate ovate. Thorax hexa- 

 gonal, with the postero-lateral margins shortest ; lateral margins 

 finely denticulated, lateral angles acutely spinous. Scutellura 

 triangular. Coriaceous portion of the elytra longer than the 

 membrane, with the apical margin oblique. Membrane pro- 

 jecting beyond the apex of the abdomen, with longitudinal ner- 

 vures. Margins of the abdomen furnished with fine but distinct 

 spines at the posterior angles of each segment. Ventral furrow 

 very strong and deep, reaching nearly to the apex of the abdo- 

 men. Legs very long, especially the hinder ones ; basal joint of 

 the tarsi longer than the other two together. 



Cimex, p., Fab. Ent. Syst. iv. (1794) $ Syst. Rh. (1803). 



1. EUMECOPUS armatus. 



Cimex armatus, Fab. E. S. iv. 97. 68 (1794) $ S. E. 158. 18 



(1803). 

 Cimex tibialis, Thunb. Nov. Ins. Sp. t. 2. fig. 58 (1783). 



a. Port Essington. From Mr. Gould's Collection. 



b. New Holland. From Mr. Children's Collection. 



2. EUMECOPUS nigriventris, n. s. PL V. fig. 4. 



E. elongatus, nigro-piceus, punctatus, supra fulvo-lineatus ; cor- 

 pore subtus nigro, margine fulvo ; pedibus nigris, tibiis annulo 

 lato, versus basin, tarsisque fulvis. $ 9 

 Long. <* lin. 11, ? lin. 13. 



Very elongate ovate, deep pitchy black, very thickly and finely 

 punctured. Head with five longitudinal fulvous lines, of which 

 the central one is broadest, and continues along the centre of the 

 thorax as far as the middle of the scutellum. Eyes brown. 

 Thorax with the lateral margins narrowly edged with yellow, and 

 with an interrupted yellow line on each side running from the 



