270 



HEMIPTERA. 



3. BATHYCCELIA indica, n. s. 



B. supra pallide virescens, punctatissima, scutello basi punc 

 nigris ; subtus albido-lutea, nitida ; antennarum basi thoracis 

 que lateribus, violaceis. c? . 

 Long. lin. 9J. 



Above very pale green, very thickly and minutely punctu_ _ 

 Head slightly truncated at the apex. Thorax with the later; 

 margins edged with violet. Scutellum with a small round bla 

 spot in each basal angle. Coriaceous portion of the elytra with 

 the outer margin dark green, except towards the base; membrane 

 transparent, colourless. Body beneath pale yellow, smooth and 

 shining ; abdomen impunctate ; breast finely punctured. Legs 

 pale yellow. Rostrum pale yellow, with the tip of the last joint 

 black. Antenna? with the two basal joints and the base of the 

 third pale violet, third and fourth joints pale yellow, fifth wanting. 

 a. N. India. From Capt. Boys' Collection. 



Genus 27. CATACANTHUS. 



Cimex, p., Fab. Ent. Syst. iv. (1794) # Syst. Eh. (1803); Burm. 



Handb. ii. (1835). 

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

 Pentatoma, p., LeP. fy Serv. Enc. Meth. x. (1825). 

 Catacanthus, Spin. Hem. 352 (1837); Am. fy Serv. Hem. 141 



(1843). 



* Abdomen with a strong basal spine. 



1. CATACANTHUS incarnatus. 



Cimex incarnatus, Drury, Ins. ii. 67. pi. 36. fig. 5 (1773); Thunb. 



Nov. Ins. Sp. 46 (1783). 

 Cimex aurantius, Sulz. Gesch. Ins. 96. t. 10. fig. 10 (1776) ; Fab. 



E. S. iv. 105. 99 (1794). 

 Cimex nigripes, Fab. E. S. iv. 106. 101 (1794); Wolff, Ic. Cim. 



11. t. 2. fig. 11 (1800) ; Don. Ins. Ind. Hem. pi. 8. fig. 1 (1800). 

 Edessa aurantia et nigripes, Fab. S. R. 149. 14 & 17 (1803). 

 Pentatoma nigripes, LeP. fy Serv. Enc. x. 53. 4. pi. 123. 24 



(1825). 



Cimex aurantiacus, Burm. Handb. ii. 365. 1 (1835). 

 Catacanthus aurantius et incarnatus, Am. fy Serv. Hem. 142. 1 



& 2 (1843). 



Stoll, Pun. 14. pi. 2. fig. 10 & 29. pi. 6. fig. 39. 

 Stoll, Pww.21.pl. 4. fig. 26? 



a. Pondicherry. Presented by M. Reiche. 



b. Tenasserim. Presented by Packman, Esq. 



