HEMIPTEBA. 481 



Eyes moderate, not very prominent. Ocelli more or less ap- 

 proximated. Antennae with the apical joint longer than the pre- 

 ceding. 



TABLE OF GENERA. 



I. First joint of the antennae not longer than 



the head; body somewhat ovate .... 1. STENOCEPHALUS. 



II. First joint of the antennae longer than 



the head; body very elongate 2. LEPTOCORISA. 



Genus L STENOCEPHALUS. 



Cimex, p., Scop. Ent. Cam. (1763); Rossi, F. Etr. ii. (1790); 

 Schr. F. B. ii. (1801). 



Lygseus, p., Fab. Ent. Syst. iv. (1794). 



Coreus, p., Fab. Syst. Rh. (1803); Schitt. Beitr. i. (1829). 



Stenocephalus, Lat. Fam. Nat. 421 (1825) ; Lap. Hem. 31 (1832); 

 Burm. Handb. ii. 328 (1835) ; H. Sch. Wanz. iii. 54 (1836) & 

 ix. 244 (1851); Spin. Hem. 196 (1837) $ Tav. Sin. Hem. 41 

 (1850); Ramb. F. And. ii. 129 (1841?); Am. $r Serv. Hem. 

 228(1843). 



Dicranomerus, Hahn, Wanz. i. (1831) ; H. Sch. Nom. Ent. i. 35 

 & 42 (1835). 



1. STENOCEPHALUS agilis. 



Cimex agilis, Scop. Ent. Cam. 126. 366 (1763) ; Schr. F. B. ii. 



82. 1125 (1801). 

 Cimex nugax, Fab. Sp. Ins. ii. 366. 171 (1781) ; Rossi, F. E. ii. 



246. 1333 (1790). 

 Lygams nugax, Fab. E. S. iv. 162. 93 (1794) ; Wolff, Ic. dm. 



30. t. 3. fig. 30(1800). 

 Coreus nugax, Fab. S. R. 200. 42 (1803); Lam. Hist. Nat. iii. 



495. 4 (1816); L. Duf. Rech. 37. 4 (1827); SchilL Beitr. 48. 



11. t. 5. fig. 2(1829). 



Dicranomerus nugax, Hahn, Wanz. i. 22. t. 3. fig. 13 (1831). 

 Dicranomerus neglectus et nugax, H. Sch. Nom. Ent. i. 42 & 74 



(1835). 

 Stenocephalus nugax, Burm. Handb. ii. 328. 1 (1835) ; Ramb. F. 



And. ii. 129 (1841?) ; Am. $ Serv. Hem. 228. 1 (1843). 

 Var. Stenocephalus neglectus, H. Sch. Wanz. iii. 55. t. 89. fig. 272 



(1836). 

 Geoff. Ins. i. 449. 26. 



a. Italy. Presented by Dr. Dowler. 



b. Italy. 



c. France. 



d. S. of France. Presented by Francis Walker, Esq. 



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



