HEM1PTERA. 183 



Genus 26. ERTHESINA. 



^imex, p., Fab. Ent. Syst. iv. (1794). 



Halys, p., et Edessa, p., Fab. Syst. Rh. (1803). 



Halys, p., Burm. Handb. ii. (1835); H. Schaff. Wanz. vii. 



(1844). 

 Erthesina, Spin. Hem. 291 (1837); Am. & Serv. Hem. 104 



(1844). 



1. ERTHESINA Fullo. 



Cimex Fullo, Thunb. Nov. Ins. Sp. 42. t. 2. fig. 57 (1783). 

 Cimex mucoreus, Fab. E. S. iv. 117. 147 (1794) ; Wolff, Ic. dm. 



185. 1. 18. fig. 179 (17 ). 

 Cimex guttatus, Fab. E. S. iv. 108. 109 (1794). 

 Halys mucorea, Fab. S. R. 183. 11 (1803); Burm. Handb. ii. 



363. 4 (1835); H. Sch. Wanz. vii. 60 (1844). 

 Edessa guttata, Fab. S. R. 151. 26 (1803). 

 Erthesina mucorea, Spin. Hem. 291 (1837); Am. & Serv. Hem, 



104. 1 (1843). 

 Stoll, Pun. 68. pi. 17. fig. 116? 



a. China. Presented by General Thomas Hardwicke. 



b. China. Presented by G. Tradescant Lay, Esq. 



2. ERTHESINA acuminata, n. s. 



E. supra grisea, fusco-punctatissima, subtus flavescens; capite 

 antice acuminato ; antennis fuscis ; pedibus pallidis, fusco va- 

 riegatis. $ . 

 Long. lin. 10. 



Above greyish testaceous, very thickly punctured with brown. 

 Head pointed in front, with the lateral margins slightly toothed 

 near the apex ; pitchy brown, with the lateral margins, and a 

 central, longitudinal impunctate line, testaceous. Thorax with 

 the anterior portion pitchy brown, more thickly punctured than 

 the posterior, with a short impunctate testaceous line continuous 

 with that of the head. Scutellum more coarsely punctured than 

 the rest of the surface ; the base with three indistinct testaceous 

 spots. Membrane of the elytra brownish, semitransparent. 

 Margins of the abdomen variegated with black and yellow. Body 

 beneath testaceous, sparingly punctured with brown. Abdomen 

 with a transverse black line on each of the sutures ; anal plate 

 dark brown. Sternum black. Legs testaceous ; thighs with nu- 

 merous brown points, and with a brown longitudinal streak on 

 each side ; tibiae brownish at base and apex ; dilatation of the 

 anterior tibiae triangular ; tarsi with the tip of the apical joint, 

 and the claws, brown. Rostrum testaceous, with the apical joint 

 and th6 edges of the groove in the second and third deep pitchy 



