HEMIPTERA, 511 



3. CHARIESTERUS moestus. 



Chariesteras moestus, Burm. Handb. ii. 317- 5 (1835). 



a. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's Collection. 



b. Mexico. From Mr. Children's Collection. 



4. CHARTESTERUS abdominalis, n. s. 



C. supra niger, obscurus, thoracis elytrorumque lateribus rubris 5 

 abdomine subtus fl avescenti, lineis transversis nigris ; antenna- 

 rum articulo tertio valde dilatato. ? . 

 Long. lin. 5. 



An Chondrocera foliaceata, Blanch. D'Orb. Voy. Am. Mer. vi. 

 220. 768. Atl. Ins. pi. 30. f. 4 (1843). 



Above black, obscure, thickly and minutely punctured. Tho- 

 rax with the lateral angles acutely spinous, the lateral margins 

 minutely denticulated, reddish. Lateral margins of the coria- 

 ceous portion of the elytra, and some of the nervures towards its 

 apex, red ; membrane pitchy black. Wings transparent, with the 

 nervures black. Abdomen above black, with a yellow patch at 

 the base, and another towards the apex ; the edges of the lateral 

 margins pale. Abdomen beneath pale dull yellow, with a black 

 line running across the middle of the base of each segment, 

 which is then produced obliquely to the outer basal angles of 

 the preceding segment. Breast pitchy black, with the sternum 

 yellowish. Legs black ; tibiae with a broad yellowish ring towards 

 the apex. Rostrum pitchy, with the tip of the first joint pale. 

 Antennae black ; basal joint suddenly clavate at the apex ; third 

 joint broadly dilated, with a minute white ring at the base, 

 a. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's Collection. 



Genus 17. CLAVIGRALLA. 



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



Coreus, p., Fab. Ent. Syst. iv. (1794) $ Syst. Eh. (1803). 

 Clavigralla, Spin. Hem. 200 (1837) * Tav. Sin. Hem. 39 (1850). 

 Zicca, Am. 8? Serv. Hem. 240 (1843); H. Sch. Wanz. ix. 243 



(1850) & 271 (1851). 



1. CLAVIGRALLA gibbosa. 



Clavigralla gibbosa, Spin. Hem. 202. 1 (1837). 



a. Bombay. Presented by Walter Elliott, Esq. 



2. CLAVIGRALLA elevator. 



Coreus elevator, Fab. S. R. 194. 11 (1803). 



a. Sierra Leone. Presented by the Bev. D. F. Morgan, 



