HEMIPTERA. 345 



punctured ; membrane semitransparent, brown. Margins of the 

 abdomen banded with yellow and deep brown, the base of each 

 segment being yellow. Body beneath brownish yellow, shining. 

 Legs and rostrum brownish yellow. Antennae dark brown, with 

 the last joint yellowish at the base. 



In the male the lateral margins of the thorax are more dilated 

 than in the female. 



a. Philippine Islands. From Mr. Cuming's Collection. 



b. . From Mr. Shuckard's Collection. 



Genus 13. PYCANUM. 



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

 Tessaratoma, p., LeP. fy Serv. Enc. MeU. x. (1825). 

 Aspongopus, p., Burm. Handb. ii. (1835). 

 Pycanum, Am. fy Serv. Hem. 171 (1843). 

 Dinidor, p., H. Sch. Wanz. vii. (1844). 



1. PYCANUM amethystinum. 



Edessa amethystina, Fab. S. R. 150. 20 (1803). 

 Tessaratoma alternata, LeP. fy Serv. Enc. x. 591. 5 (1825). 

 Aspongopus amethystinus, Burm. Handb. ii. 351. 2 (1835); H. 



Schdff. Wanz. iv. 85. t. 135. fig. 41? (1839). 

 Pycanum amethystinum, Am. fy Serv. Hem. 172. 1 (1843). 

 Dinidor amethystinus, H. Sch. Wanz. vii. 76 (1844). 

 Stall, Pun. 21. pi. 4. fig. 25. 



a. Sumatra. From Mr. Children's Collection. 



b. Java. From Mr. Melly's Collection. 



c. Java. From the East India Company's Collection. 



Genus 14. DALCANTHA. 

 Dalcantha, Am. fy Serv. Hem. 170 (1843). 

 1. DALCANTHA dilatata. 



Dalcantha dilatata, Am. fy Serv. Hem. 171. 1 (1843). 



a. Silhet. From the Rev. J. Stainforth's Collection. 



b. Silhet. 



Genus 15. EURYPLEURA. 



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

 Eurypleura, Am. $ Serv. Hem. 169 (1843). 



1. EURYPLEURA bicornis. 



Tessaratoma bicornis, LeP. fy Serv. Enc. x. 592. 7 (1825). 

 Eurypleura bicornis, Am. fy Serv. Hem. 170. 1 (1843), 

 a. Java. 



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