412 HEMIPTERA. 



prominent, obtuse. Coriaceous portion of the elytra with a whitish 

 point on the disc a little behind the middle ; membrane blackish. 

 Margins of the abdomen projecting considerably on each side, 

 blackish, with a narrow fulvous band at the base of each seg- 

 ment. Body beneath fulvous; abdomen thickly and minutely 

 punctured, with the stigmata and some irregularly placed points 

 near them, and two rows of spots on the disc, black. Breast 

 thickly punctured, with some of the punctures black on each side 

 of the mesosternum; prosternum with a black central spot. 

 Thighs testaceous at the base, brownish at the apex, where there 

 is a single acute tooth beneath ; tibiae testaceous, with the base 

 and apex brown ; tarsi testaceous, with the apex brown. Head 

 beneath fulvous, with a black central spot. Rostrum pale ful- 

 vous, with the apex black. Antennae with the basal joint brown ; 

 second joint reddish, with the apex dark brown ; third joint fer- 

 ruginous, with the base and apex pale ; fourth joint dark brown, 

 with the base whitish. 



a. Van Diemen's Land. Presented by the Rev. T. Ewing. 



Genus 15. PHYSOMERUS. 



Lygseus, p., Fab. Ent. Syst. iv. (1794) fy Syst. Rh. (1803) ; Pal 



"Beauv. Ins. (1805). 



Physomerus, Burm. Handb. ii. 341 (1835); Am. $ Serv. Hem. 

 196 (1843). 



a. Rostrum short, not passing the anterior coxa. Body some- 

 what ovate; margins of the abdomen more or less promi- 

 nent. (PIEZOGASTER, Am. Sf Serv.1) 



1. PHYSOMERUS terminalis. 



Physomerus terminalis, Burm. Handb. ii. 341. 2 (1835). 

 Cerbus crassiclunis, Germ. Silb. Rev. Ent. v. 157. 80 (1837). 



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



b. S. Africa. Presented by Dr. Andrew Smith. 



c. Cape of Good Hope. From M. Drege's Collection. 



d. Port Natal. From Dr. Gueinzius' Collection. 



2. PHYSOMERUS spinipes. 



Lygaeus spinipes, Pal. B. Ins. 203. Hem. pi. 12. fig. 5. 

 a. W. Africa. Presented by B. Frend, Esq. 



3. PHYSOMERUS pallens, n. s. 



P. fusco-testaceus, subhirsutus, fusco-punctatus ; abdomine 



fulvo. 6 . 



Long. lin. 8 

 Piezogaster albonotatus, Am. fy Serv. Hem. 197. 1 ? (1843). 



