282 



HEMIPTERA. 



Pentatoma stigmatica, Pal. B. Ins. 128. Hem. pi. 9. fig. 3. 

 Pentatoma grisea, LeP. fy Serv. Enc. Meth. x. 54. 6 (1825). 

 Rhaphigaster griseus, H. Sch. Norn. Ent. i. 57 & 93 (1835); 



Ramb. Faun. And. ii. 126. 2 (1841?). 

 Cimex pimctipennis, Burm. Handb. ii. 365. 2 (1835). 

 Rhaphigaster punctipennis, Am. fy Serv. Hem. 148. 1 (1843). 

 Raphigaster griseus, Kolen. Mel. Ent. iv. 57. 185 (1846). 

 Rhaphigaster, Amyot,Ann.Soc.Ent.Fr. 2 me ser.iii.453.69(1845). 

 Geojf. Ins. i. 466. 64. 

 Stoll, Pun. 32. pi. 6. fig. 46. 

 a. Italy. 



b. S. of France. 



c. Geneva. Presented by M. Goureau. 



d. Spain. Presented by Capt. Parry. 



24. RHAPHIGASTER purpureipennis. 



Cimex purpureipennis, DeG. Mem. iii. 258. 5. pi. 13. fig. 15 (1/73). 

 Pentatoma purpuripennis, Hahn, Wanz. ii. 62. t. 51. fig. 151 



(1831). 



Pentatoma juniperina, L.Duf. Reck. Hem. 28 (1833). 

 Cimex incarnatus, Germ. Faun. Ins. iv. 23. 

 Cimex alliaceus, Germ. Faun. Ins. ix. 14. 



Rhaphigaster incarnatus, H. Sch. Nom. Ent. i. 57 & 94 (1835). 

 Cimex lituratus, Burm. Handb. ii. 365. 3 (1835). 

 Rhaphigaster purpuripennis, Ramb. Faun. And. ii. 125. 1 (1841?). 

 Raphigaster incarnatus, Kolen. Mel. Ent. iv. 56. 183 (1846). 

 Porphyrendya, Amyot, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 2 me ser. iii. 452. 68 ( 1 845) . 



a. France. 



b. Geneva. Presented by M. Goureau. 



c. Europe ? Presented by J. G. Children, Esq. 



25. RHAPHIGASTER Catinus, n. s. 



R. rufescens, punctatus, thorace antice virescente ; scutello apice 

 flavo; corpore subtus, pedibusque luteo-viridibus, tarsis fer- 

 rugineis ; antennis rufis. $ . 

 Long. lin. 5. 



Head reddish, thickly and rather finely punctured. Ocelli red. 

 Thorax with the anterior portion green, not very thickly punc- 

 tured ; posterior portion red, rather thickly punctured. Scutel- 

 Itim pale reddish at the base, darker on the margins and towards 

 the apex, rather thickly punctured, with the apex pale yellow. 

 Coriaceous portion of the elytra reddish, thickly and finely punc- 

 tured, with the base of the outer margin green ; membrane trans- 

 parent, brownish, darker towards the base. Abdomen above 

 crimson, banded with black, with the outer margins greenish. 



