408 HEMIPTERA. 



4. CRINOCERUS galeator. 



Coreus galeator, Fab. S. R. 191. 2 (1803). 



Crinocerus tibialis, H. Sch. Wanz. vi. 21. 1. 187. fig. 576 (1842). 



a. St. John's Bluff, East Florida. Presented by E. Double- 

 day, Esq. 



b. . 



5. CRINOCERUS fulvicornis. 



Crinocerus fulvicornis, H. Sch. Wanz. vi. 87. t. 209. fig. 657 

 (1842). 



a. British Guiana. Presented by Sir Robert Schomburgk. 



6. CRINOCERUS clavipes. 



Coreus clavipes, Fab. S. R. 196. 20 (1803). 

 Camptischium spinosum, Am. fy Serv. Hem. 213. 1. pi. 4. fig. 5 

 (1843). 



a. S. America. 



Genus 14. AMORBUS, n. g. 



Head emarginate between the antenniferous tubercles. An- 

 tennae rather more than half the length of the body, of four joints ; 

 first three joints variable in proportion, third cylindrical ; fourth 

 joint shorter than the third. Rostrum short, not passing the 

 anterior coxae, of four nearly equal joints ; basal joint not reach- 

 ing the base of the head ; fourth joint slender. Body oblong or 

 ovate. Thorax rhomboidal. Abdomen more or less ovate, espe- 

 cially in the females, in some of which the margins are very pro- 

 minent, nearly foliaceous ; margins not spinous. Breast with a 

 very small, short canal, or rather an emarginated tubercle, at the 

 anterior margin of the mesosternum between the anterior coxas. 

 Posterior thighs thickened in both sexes, much thickened in the 

 males; posterior tibiae in the males, and sometimes in the fe- 

 males, furnished with a tooth on the inner margin. 



1. AMORBUS alternatus, n. s. 



A. subelongatus supra pallide fuscus, fusco-punctatus, et punctis 

 minutis albidis irroratus, subtus testaceus ; abdominis margi- 

 nibus luteo nigroque variis, albo-punctatis. ? . 

 Long. lin. 10|. 



Elongate ovate ; above pale brownish, thickly punctured with 

 brown, and with a minute elevated whitish point close to each 

 brown puncture. Head with an irregular blackish streak on each 

 side within the lateral margins. Thorax rather darker and more 



