HEMIPTERA. 379 



* Abdomen rhomboidal .... 17- RHOMBOGASTER. 

 f Abdomen oval or elongate, 



a. Posterior tibiae dilated, 

 or witb their inner margin 



spinous 18. ARCHIMERUS. 



b. Posterior tibiae simple. 

 ** Posterior thighs sud- 

 denly enlarged about 

 the middle, forming an 

 ovate club; last joint 

 of the antennae longer 

 than the second and 



third taken together. . 19. MEROCORIS. 

 ft Posterior thighs not 



suddenly clavate ; last 



joint of the antennae 



shorter than the two 



preceding taken to- 

 gether. 



aa. Thorax spinous . . 16. HIM ELL A. 



)3j8. Thorax unarmed. 21. NEMATOPUS. 

 . Scutellum elongated, lanceo- 

 late ; sides of the breast pro- 

 duced so as to form a sort of 

 stalk for the support of the 

 posterior legs 20. MEROPACHUS. 



Genus 1. BRACHYTES. 

 Brachytes, Westwood in Hope's Cat. 8 (1842). 



1. BRACHYTES bicolor. 



Brachytes bicolor, Westwood, Hope's Cat. 8 (1842). 



a. Bombay. Presented by Walter Elliot, Esq. 



b. N. Bengal. From Lieut. Campbell's Collection. 



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



d. East India. From Mr. Wooley's Collection. 



2. BRACHYTES africanus, n. s. 



B. fuscus, scaber, granulosus, subtus luteo-fuscus ; pedibus nigris, 

 granulosis ; antennis rubris, articulo basali nigro. $ . 

 Long. lin. 7- 



Above brown, obscure, covered with small elevated points. 

 Head with the antenniferous tubercles blackish. Coriaceous por- 

 tion of the elytra with a narrow yellowish line on the apical mar- 



