482 HEMIPTERA. 



2. STENOCEPHALUS caiFer, n. s. 



S. precedent! affinis; pedibus luteo-albidis, femoribus posticis 

 apice nigricantibus ; antennarum articulo basali nigricanti, 

 secundo testaceo, tertio fusco, basi testaceo, quarto basi albido, 

 apice fusco. S ? . 

 Long. lin. 5-6|. 



Above pale brown, thickly and finely punctured with brown. 

 Scutellum with a whitish point at the tip. Abdomen above red, 

 with the margins brown, spotted with white at the junction of the 

 segments ; beneath brown, somewhat opaque, with a few scat- 

 tered whitish points. Breast brown, shining, thickly and rather 

 strongly punctured. Legs yellowish white, with the tarsi brownish 

 and the tips of the posterior thighs blackish. Rostrum yellowish 

 white, with the last two joints blackish. Antennae with the basal 

 joint black ; second testaceous ; third blackish, with the base 

 testaceous ; fourth whitish at the base, brownish at the apex, 

 a. S. Africa. Presented by Dr. Andrew Smith. 



3. STENOCEPHALUS insularis, n. s. 



S. pallide fuscus, punctatus; pedibus rostroque testaceis; anten- 

 nis pallide viridi-fuscis, articulo ultimo fusco. $ . 

 Long. lin. 4J. 



Pale brown, thickly and finely punctured. Eyes black ; ocelli 

 red. Abdomen above fulvous, with the margins brownish, with 

 pale spots. Body beneath brown. Abdomen impunctate. 

 Breast thickly and rather finely punctured. Legs and rostrum 

 testaceous. Antennae as long as the body, pale brownish green, 

 with the apical joint brown. 



a. Galapagos Islands. Presented by Charles Darwin, Esq. 



Genus 2. LEPTOCORISA. 



Cimex, p., DeG. Mem. iii. (1773). 

 Gerris, p., Fab. Syst. Eh. (1803). 

 Myodocha, p., Lat. Gen. iii. 126 (1807) ; Lam. Hist. Nat. iii. 496 



(1816). 

 Leptocorisa, Lat. Fam. Nat. 421 (1825) $ Cuv. R. An. v. 197 



(1829); Lap. Hem. 25 (1832); Spin. Hem. 194 (1837) # Tav. 



Sin. Hem. 42(1850). 



Myodochus, p., Oliv. Enc. Meth. viii. (1811). 

 Myodochus, Burm. Handb. ii. 325 (1835) ; H. Sch. Wanz. viii. 94 



(1846). 

 Stenocoris, H. Sch. Wanz. ix. 244 & 275 (1851). 



