452 HEMIPTERA. 



Genus 2. ANISOSCELIS. 



Cimex, p., Linn. Syst. Nat. i. (1767). 



Lygaeus, p., Fab. Ent. Syst. iv. (1794) Sf Syst. Rh. (1803). 



Anisoscelis, p., Lat. Fam. Nat. 420 (1825) fy Cuv. E. A.v. 197 



(1829); Lap. Hem. 31 (1832); Burm. Handb. ii. (1835); H. 



Sch. Wanz. iii. (1836). 

 Anisoscelis, Spin. Hem. 200 (1837) # Tav. Sin. Hem. 40 (1850) ; 



Am. fy Serv. Hem. 217 (1843) ; H. Sch. Wanz. ix. 245 & 277 



(1851). 



1. ANISOSCELIS scripta. 



Hypselonotus scriptus, 'Hahn, Ic. ad Mon. dm. i. 5 (1826). 

 Anisoscelis scripta et indocta, Hope, Cat. 16 (1842). 

 Anisoscelis serrulatus, H. Sch. Wanz. vii. 11. t. 220. fig. 687. $ 



& 688. ? (1844). 

 Stoll, Pun. 38. pi. 8. fig. 54. 



a. Brazil. Presented by Sir Charles Stewart. 



b. Brazil. From Mr. Children's Collection. 



c. Para. Presented by Reginald Graham, Esq. 



d. Columbia. From M. Goudot's Collection. 



e. Honduras. From Mr. Dyson's Collection. 



2. ANISOSCELIS minor, n. s. 



A. prsecedenti valde affinis et vix distincta, nisi statura minori, 

 tibiisque posticis minus dilatatis. <? ? . 

 Long. lin. 7-8. 



a. Columbia. From M. Goudot's Collection. 



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



3. ANISOSCELIS zonata, n. s. 



A. praecedentibus aifinis, differt praecipue thoracis lateribus sub- 

 rectis, humeris vix prominulis. c? . 

 Long. lin. 9^. 



Above deep chestnut-brown, very thickly and finely punctured. 

 Head black, with three orange longitudinal lines. Thorax with 

 the lateral margins nearly straight, and the lateral angles scarcely 

 prominent ; the anterior portion with two large orange spots in 

 which are several black points ; the margins blackish. Scutellum 

 black, somewhat elevated, finely wrinkled transversely, with the 

 apex orange. Coriaceous portion of the elytra with a transverse 

 orange dentated band across the middle ; membrane pitchy. 

 Margins of the abdomen blackish, with a narrow pale band at 

 the base of each segment. Abdomen beneath black, clothed 



