HEMIPTERA. 361 



the rest of the surface ; membrane transparent. Abdomen be- 

 neath pale dull orange. Legs brownish. Antennae pale yellow. 

 a. S. Africa. Presented by the Earl of Derby. 



Genus 9. MEGARHYNCHUS. 



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

 Megarhynchus, p., Lap. Hem. (1832). 

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

 Megarhynchus, Am. Sf Serv. Hem. 179 (1843). 



* Rostrum very short, not passing the anterior coxa. 

 (MEGARHYNCHUS pr.) 



1. MEGARHYNCHUS hastatus. 



Lygams hastatus, Fab. S. R. 239. 185 (1803). 

 Megarhynchus elongatus, Lap. Hem. 65 (1832). 

 .^lia rostrata, Burm. Handb. ii. 357. 3 (1835). 

 Megarhynchus rostratus, Am. Sf Serv. Hem. 180. 1 (1843). 



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



b. Java. Presented by M. Audinet Serville. 



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



d. Java. 



2. MEGARHYNCHUS testaceus. 



Megarhynchus testaceus, Am. fy Serv. Hem. 180. 2 (1843). 



a. China (Shanghai). From Mr. Fortune's Collection. 



3. MEGARHYNCHUS truncatus. 



Megarhynchus truncatus, Hope, Cat. 20 (1837). 



a. . Presented by General Thomas Hardwicke. 



b. Java. Presented by M. Audinet Serville. 



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



4. MEGARHYNCHUS gambiensis, n. s. 



M. pallidus, punctatus, capite valde elongate ; thorace antice 

 impresso ; elytrorum membrana nervis fuscis ; pectore utrin- 

 que fascia longitudinali alba. 9 . 

 Long. lin. 1%. 



Pale ochreous, thickly and finely punctured. Head very long, 

 slightly notched at the apex, with the lateral lobes very convex ; 

 central lobe and the centre of the vertex dusky. Thorax much 

 depressed in front, where it is ochreous, with a broad, central, 

 longitudinal dusky band ; posterior elevated portion dusky, with 

 a curved transverse line, and a central longitudinal line, yellow 



