HEMIPTERA. 4?3 



Alydus linearis, Fab. S. R. 250. 10 (1803). 



a. Philippine Islands. From Mr. Cuming's Collection. 



b. Java. From the East India Company's Collection. 



c. China. Presented by G. T. Lay, Esq. 



d Hong Kong. Presented by J. C. Bo wring, Esq. 

 e. Bombay. Presented by Walter Elliott, Esq. 



10. ALYDUS fuscus. 



Lygaeus fuscus, Fab. E. S. Supp. 539. 30 (1798). 

 Alydus fuscus, Fab. S. R. 249. 6 (1803). 



a. Sierra Leone. Presented by the Rev. D. F. Morgan. 



11. ALYDUS pilosus. 



Cimex pilosus, Thunb. Nov. Ins. Sp. 35 (1783). 



Lygams pilosus, Wolff, Ic. dm. 105. t. 10. fig. 99 (1802). 



Stoll, Pun. 122. pi. 30. fig. 214. 



12. ALYDUS longipes, n. s. 



A. prsecedenti affinis, pedibus posticis longioribus; fuscus, opacus, 

 punctatus; thorace spinoso, spinis nigris; corpore subtus 

 fascia utrinque, vitta basali abdominis maculaque subapicali, 

 flavis ; antennarum articulo tertio apice concolori. c? . 

 Long. lin. 7 ' 



Brown, opaque, punctured. Thorax with the lateral angles 

 spinous, the spines black ; posterior margin obtusely 5-dentate. 

 Coriaceous portion of the elytra rather strongly punctured, with 

 the nervures elevated and smooth ; membrane transparent, 

 brownish. Abdomen above orange-red, with the margins banded 

 with yellow and black. Abdomen beneath brown, with the sides, 

 a longitudinal central basal band, and a triangular spot on the 

 centre of the fifth segment yellow. Breast brown, with the disc 

 black ; a broad yellow band, interrupted at the sutures, runs 

 on each side from the apex of the head to the posterior angles of 

 the breast. Legs fulvous brown, with the tips of the tarsi darker ; 

 posterior legs very long ; thighs not much thickened, with a row 

 of black spines beneath ; tibiae slightly curved. Rostrum pale 

 fulvous, with the apex black. Antennae reddish brown. 

 a. Brazil. 



13. ALYDUS robustus, n. s. 



A. prsecedentibus affinis ; fuscus, opacus, punctatus ; thorace 

 spinoso, spinis nigris; corpore subtus utrinque fascia lata, 

 abdominis basi linea lata longitudinali, flavis. $ . 

 Long. lin. 8. 



Brown, opaque, punctured and clothed with fine short hairs. 



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