498 HEMIPTERA. 



gin yellow, and with a small whitish point near the middle of the 

 apical margin; membrane transparent, with about eight ner- 

 vures. Wings transparent, iridescent. Abdomen above reddish 

 fulvous, variegated with brown. Body beneath yellow, very 

 thickly and finely punctured ; abdomen with six rows of minute 

 black points. Legs pale yellow. Rostrum fulvous, with the apex 

 black. Antennae ferruginous, with the apical joint black ; second 

 joint shorter than the third. 



a. S. Africa. Presented by the Earl of Derby. 



14. GONOCERUS ? crassicornis, n. s. 



G. fuscus, subobscurus, punctatus ; capite quadrato ; humeris 

 prominulis, obtusis ; antennis crassis, fusco-rufis. $ . 

 Long. lin. 3. 



Brown, somewhat obscure, thickly and finely punctured. Head 

 square, very slightly prominent between the antennae, forming an 

 obtuse point. Thorax with an indistinct fulvous band across the 

 disc ; lateral angles prominent, somewhat obtuse. Membrane of 

 the elytra semitransparent, brownish, with five or six irregularly 

 branched nervures. Legs pale brown, mottled with dark brown. 

 Rostrum brown, with the apical joint black. Antennae thick ; 

 basal joint about as long as the head, stouter than the second 

 and third, which are about equal in thickness ; second a little 

 longer than the third; fourth joint wanting; basal joint brown ; 

 second and third somewhat ferruginous. 



a. Cape of Good Hope. From M. Drege's Collection. 



15. GONOCERUS insidiator. 



Coreus insidiator, Fab. E. S. iv. 131. 15 (1794) # S. JR. 198. 28 

 (1803); Coqb. Ill Ic. ii. 82. t. 19. fig. 6 (18Q1); Ramb. F. 

 And.il 136. 6(1841?). 



Gonocerus insidiator, Am. fy Serv. Hem. 239. 1 (1843). 



Insidiator, Amyot, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 2 me ser. iii. 481. 96. 



16. GONOCERUS venator. 



Coreus venator, Fab. E. S. iv. 128. 4 (1794) 4- S. R. 194. 12 



(1803); Wolff, Ic. dm. 21. t. 3, fig. 21 (1800); Schill. Beitr. 



40. 4 (1829); H. Sch. Cont. Panz. F. G. 116. 15, & Nom. Ent. 



i. 41 & 74 (1835). 



Coreus chloroticus, L. Duf. Reck. 35. 2 (1827). 

 Gonocerus venator, Burm. Handb. ii. 311. 1 (1835) ; Am. & Serv. 



Hem. 239. 3 (1843). 

 Coreus crudus, Newm. Ent. Mag. v. 174 (1838). 



