HEM1PTERA. 499 



Coreus (Gonocerus) venator, Kolen. Mel. Ent. ii. 51. 9 (1845). 

 Gonocerus, Amyot, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 2 me ser. iii. 482. 97. 



a. S. of France. 



b. . From Mr. Children's Collection. 



t Lateral angles of the thorax rounded. 



17. GONOCERUS tristis. 



Cimex tristis, DeG. Mem. iii. 340. 14. pi. 34. f. 20 (1773). 



Coreus rugator, Fab. S. R. 192. 4 (1803). 



Oriterus destructor, Hahn, Wanz. i. 8. t. 1. fig. 2 (1831). 



Lygaeus irroratus, Grav. Verz. [sec. BurmJ]. 



Coreus ordinatus, Say, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil. iv. 318. 2 



(1824). 

 Gonocerus rugator, Eurm. Handb. ii. 311. 4 (1835). 



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



day, Esq. 



b. Honduras. From Mr. Dyson's Collection. 



c. . 



18. GONOCERUS dilatatus, n. s. 



G. fuscus, nigro-punctatus, subtus fulvescens, thoracis marginibus 

 concoloribus ; abdominis marginibus dilatatis. ? . 

 Long. lin. 6i. 



This species closely resembles the preceding ; but the thorax 

 is broader behind, less convex, and not margined laterally with 

 orange ; and the margins of the abdomen are much more dilated 

 and not banded with orange. 

 a. . 



19. GONOCERUS apicalis, n. s. 



G. griseo-testaceus, subtus pallide luteus, fusco-punctatus ; ab- 

 dominis marginibus luteo fuscoque fasciatis; antennis nigris 

 articulo ultimo fulvo. $ ? . 

 Long. lin. 6. 



Above greyish testaceous, thickly and finely punctured with 

 brown. Scutellum with a whitish point at the apex. Coriaceous 

 portion of the elytra with a small white point on the disc behind 

 the middle, and another on the apical margin, near the outer 

 angle; membrane brown, slightly iridescent. Abdomen above 

 black, with two large yellow spots; the margins banded with 

 yellow and black. Body beneath pale yellow, very thickly and 

 minutely punctured with brown; breast with three black points. 

 Legs pale yellow ; thighs with numerous black points ; tibiae very 



