478 HEMIPTERA. 



27. ALYDUS calcaratus. 



Cimex calcaratus, Linn. F. S. 968 (1761) # S. N. i. 732. 114 



(1767); DeG. Mem. iii. 280. 24. pi. 14. fig. 23. & 24 (1773) ; 



Rossi, F. E. ii. 243. 1327 (1790). 

 Lygseus calcaratus, Fab. E. S. iv. 162. 94 (1794) ; Wolff, Ic. dm. 



144. t. 14. fig. 138 (1804). 

 Alydus calcaratus, Fab. S. R. 251. 15 (1803) ; Fall. Mon. dm. 



(1807) fy Hem. Suec. 40. 1 (1829); LeP. 8f Serv. Enc. x. 61. 



1(1825); Schill. Beitr.49. l.t.5.% 1(1829); Hahn, Wanz. 



i. 198. t. 32. fis. 101 (1831); Curt.B. E. viii. 369 (1831); H. 



Sch. Cont. Panz. F. G. 121. 10 8? Nom. Ent. i. 43 & 75 (1835) ; 



Burm. Handb. ii. 323. 1 (1835); Am. $ Serv. Hem. 226. 1 



(1843). 



a. Europe. From Mr. Children's Collection. 



b. Geneva. Presented by M. Goureau. 



c. N. America. From Lieut. Redman's Collection. 



d. N. America Presented by the Entomological Club. 



e. Trenton Falls, New York. Presented by E. Doubleday, 



Esq. 



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

 day, Esq. 



28. ALYDUS pilosulus. 



Alydus pilosulus, H. Sch. Warn. viii. 101. t.283. fig. 870 (1847). 

 a. N. America. Presented by the Entomological Club. 



29. ALYDUS limbatus. 



Alydus limbatus, H. Sch. Cont. Panz. F. G. 135. 12 <$ Nom. Ent. 

 i. 43 & 74 (1835) ; Burm. Handb. ii. 324. 2 (1835). 

 a. Italy. Presented by Dr. Dovvler. 



.30. ALYDUS ater, n. s. 



A. ater, punctatus, pilosus ; tibiis anticis et intermediis, apice 

 excepto, tarsisque basifulvis; antennis nigris, articulis 1, 2 et 

 3 basi obscure rufescentibus. ? . 

 Long. lin. 6^. 



Black, pilose. Head very finely punctured. Ocelli red. Thorax 

 thickly and finely punctured. Scutellum very finely punctured. 

 Coriaceous portion of the elytra rather thickly punctured, with 

 the nervures elevated and smooth. Abdomen beneath smooth, 

 somewhat shining, impunctate, with two or three whitish dots on 

 the margins. Breast shining, thickly and finely punctured ; the 

 antepectus more strongly punctured. Thighs black ; posterior 

 pair with three nearly equal teeth near the apex. Anterior and 

 intermediate tibiae orange, with the apex black, the base dusky ; 



