HEMIPTERA. 199 



1. GALEDANTA xnyops. 



Cimex myops, Fab. S. R. 155. 1 (1803). 

 Galedanta bituberculata, Am. fy Serv. Hem. 136. 1 (1843). 

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



Genus 3. AGRCECUS, n. g. 



Head of moderate size, with the apex rounded or slightly 

 emarginate ; central lobe reaching the apex. Eyes prominent ; 

 ocelli small, distant, placed a little behind the eyes. Antennae 

 rather stout, about half the length of the body, of five joints ; 

 basal joint stout, reaching or passing the apex of the head ; 

 second longer than the first, shorter than the third ; third, fourth 

 and fifth joints nearly equal. Rostrum reaching the posterior 

 coxae, of four joints ; basal joint reaching the base of the head, 

 second joint longest, third about equal to the first, fourth shortest. 

 Body broad and flat. Thorax with the lateral margins rather 

 strongly toothed ; lateral angles more or less prominent. Scu- 

 tellum rather short and broad. Membrane of the elytra with 

 longitudinal nervures, sometimes however united by transverse 

 nervures, or partially reticulated. Abdomen very convex, un- 

 armed. Legs rather long ; tarsi of three joints ; basal joint 

 longer than the third. 



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1. AGRCECUS griseus, n. s. PI. VII. fig. 4. 



A. griseo-testaceus, nigro-punctatus, scutelli apice lato; abdomine 

 fuscescente vel castaneo ; pedibus antennisque testaceis. $ $ . 

 Long. lin. 4J-5. 



Above greyish testaceous, punctured with black or brown. 

 Head finely bi-emarginate at the tip, thickly and finely punctured. 

 Thorax rather thickly punctured with black, the punctures dis- 

 posed in irregular transverse bands ; the denticulations of the 

 lateral margins testaceous. Scutellum rather thickly and finely 

 punctured with black, with the apex broad and rounded, and a 

 small black fovea in each basal angle. Coriaceous portion of the 

 elytra thickly and finely punctured with black, with the nervures 

 impunctate; membrane brownish, semitransparent, with brown 

 nervures. Abdomen beneath pale brown, very thickly and finely 

 punctured with black, and mottled with black towards the sides, 

 sometimes deep chestnut-brown. Breast testaceous, thickly and 

 rather finely punctured with black. Legs testaceous or pale 

 brown. Rostrum testaceous, with the apical joint black. An- 

 tennae testaceous, or pale brown. 



a. British Guiana. Presented by Sir Robert Schomburgk. 



b. Brazil. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



