HEMIPTERA. 415 



elytris, venis corii flavis exceptis, femoribusque posticis apice, 

 nigro-fuscis ; ventre utrinque linea elevata albida. $ ? . 

 Long. cf lin. 8, 9 lin. 9. 



Elongate, brownish fulvous or greenish testaceous. Head im- 

 punctate. Thorax thickly and coarsely punctured, with a black- 

 ish brown band across the posterior margin. Scutellum rather 

 finely rugose, sparingly punctured. Coriaceous portion of the 

 elytra nearly black, thickly and finely punctured, with the ner- 

 vures, the outer margin, a longitudinal line in the elongated 

 basal cell, and another on the clavus, yellow ; membrane deep 

 blackish brown, shining, somewhat brassy. Abdomen above 

 purplish black, with the margins and some more or less confluent 

 spots on the disc yellow. Body beneath brownish testaceous, 

 with a yellowish white raised line down each side both of the 

 thorax and abdomen. Legs concolorous with the body ; poste- 

 rior thighs with the apex black. Antennae fulvous or brown. 



a. Brazil. From M. Mornay's Collection. 



b. . From Mr. Children's Collection. 



Genus 17- RHOMBOGASTER. 



Archimerus, p., H. Sch. Wanz. vi. (1842). 



Discogaster, Am. fy Serv. Hem. 191 (1843) [nee Burm.']. 



1. RHOMBOGASTER luteus. 



Archimerus luteus, H. Sch. Wanz. vi. 26. t. 189. fig. 584 (1842). 

 Discogaster rhomboideus, Am. * Serv. Hem. 192. 1. pi. 4. fig. 6 

 (1843) [nee Burm.']. 



a. Honduras. From Mr. Dyson's Collection, 



b. Honduras. 



Genus 18. ARCHIMERUS. 



Pachymeria, Lap. Hem. 28 (1832) ; Spin. Hem. 132 (1837). 

 Archimerus, Burm. Handb. ii. 321 (1835); Am. fy Serv. liem< 

 197 (1843); Spin. Tav. Sin. Hem. 40 (1850). 



a. Lateral angles of the thorax simply prominent and acute. 



1. ARCHIMERUS armatus. 



Pachymeria armata, Lap. Hem. 28. pi. 53. fig. 2 (1832). 

 Archimerus acutangulus, H. Sch. Wanz. vi. 82. t. 208. fig. 653 



(1842). 



Archimerus armatus, Am. fy Serv. Hem. 198. 1. pi. 5. fig. 6 (1843). 

 a. . 



