HEMIPTERA. 179 



with the two basal joints black, the second very thick ; third 

 joint black at the base, orange at the apex ; fourth orange. 



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



b. S. Africa. From Mr. Pearson's Collection. 



Genus 22. AGONOSCELIS. 



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

 Halys, p., Fab. Syst. R. (1803). 

 Agonoscelis, Spin. Hem. 327 (1837). 

 Nevroscia, Am. fy Serv. Hem. 109 (1843). 

 Pentatoma, p., H. Schqff. Wanz. vii. (1844). 



1. AGONOSCELIS versicolor. 



Cimex versicolor, Fab. E. S. iv. 120. 155 (1794) & S. #.175. 191 



(1803). 



^Elia infuscata ( <? ) et gambiensis ( ? ), Hope, Cat. 32 (1837). 

 jElia erosa, Hope, Cat. 33 (1837). 



Cimex acinorum, Germ. Silb. Rev. Ent. v. 177. 116 (1837). 

 Pentatoma acinorum, H. Sch. Wanz. vii. 105. t. 247- fig. 769 



(1844). 



a. Sierra Leone. Presented by the Rev. D. F. Morgan. 



b. Gambia. From Mr. Kendall's Collection. 



c. Africa. Presented by J. G. Children, Esq. 



d. Cape of Good Hope. From Dr. Krauss' Collection. 



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

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



g. S. Africa. 



2. AGONOSCELIS rutila. 



Cimex rutilus, Fab. E. S. iv. 119. 152 (1794) &- S. R. 173. .% 



(1803). 



Cimex elatus, Fab. S. R. 173. 94 (1803). 

 Pentatoma Wolffii, Guer. Voy. Coq. Zool. ii. Ins. 106. pi. 11. 



fig. 10 (1830). 



Pentatoma Petitii, Le Guillou, Guer. Rev. Zool. iv. 262. 1 1 ( 1841 ). 

 a. Java. From the East India Company's Collection. 

 b. . Presented by the Entomological Club. 



c. N. Holland. Presented by the Earl of Derby. 



d. N. Holland. Presented by Sir John Richardson. M.D. 



3. AGONOSCELIS nubila. 



Cimex nubilus, Fab. E. S. iv. 112. 124 (1794); Wolff, Ic. dm. 



57. t. 6. fig. 54 (1800). 

 Halys nubila, Fab. S. R. 183. 13 (1803). 



? nubila, Hahn, Wanz. iii. 29. t. 82. fig. 251 (1835). 



