HEMIPTERA. 



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meeting beyond it. Antennae rather more than half the length 

 of the body, of five joints ; basal joint stoutest, scarcely passing 

 the apex of the head; second joint about equal to the first, re- 

 mainder gradually increasing in length to the fifth. Rostrum 

 short, not passing the intermediate coxae ; basal joint short and 

 stout, second longest, third longer than the fourth, which is about 

 equal to the first. Body ovate. Thorax with the lateral angles 

 produced into strong blunt spines, directed forwards. Scutellum 

 of moderate size, with the apex rounded. Elytra with the outer 

 margin of the coriaceous portion much dilated about the middle. 

 Membrane with longitudinal nervures. Margins of the abdomen 

 strongly toothed, the posterior angles of each segment projecting 

 considerably beyond the base of the following one. Ventral 

 spine very short and obtuse. Sternum not keeled. Tarsi of 

 three joints. 



1. ^Ecius aereus. PI. IX. fig. 4. 



Cimex aereus, H. Sch. Wanz. vi. 69. t. 203. fig. 635 (1842). 

 Pentatoma aereum, H. Sch. Wanz. vii. 94 (1844). 



Genus 25. CATAULAX. 



Dinocoris, p., Burm. Handb. ii.? (1835). 

 Cataulax, Spin. Hem. 339 (1837). 



1. CATAULAX macraspis. 



Pentatoma macraspis, Perty, Del. 166. pi. 33. fig. 7 (1834). 

 Dinocoris macraspis, Burm. Handb. ii. 364. 2 ? (1835). 

 Cataulax macraspis, Spin. Hem. 339 (1837). 





Genus 26. BATHYCCELIA. 



Pentatoma, p., Pal. Beauv. Ins. (1805). 

 Bathycoelia, Am. <$ Serv. Hem. 110 (1843). 

 Gastraulax, H. Schdff. Wanz. vii. 61 (1844). 



1. BATHYCCELIA thalassima. 



Gastraulax thalassinus, H. Sch. Wanz. vii. 62. t. 235. fig. 731 

 (1844). 



a. Gambia. From Mr. Shuckard's Collection. 



b. Congo. Presented by Sir John Richardson, M.D. 



2. BATHYCCELIA buonopoziensis. 



Pentatoma buonopoziensis, Pal. B. Ins. 82. Hem. pi. 7. fig. 2. 



Bathyccelia buonopoziensis, Am. fy Serv. Hem. 110. 1 (1843). 



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



