HEMIPTERA. 625 



1. MACCEVETHUS errans. 



Lygseus errans, Fab. E. S. iv. 152. 59 (1794); Coqb. III. i. 40, 



t. 10. fig. 11(1799). 



Coreus errans, Fab. S. R. 200. 43 (1803). 

 Myrmus errans, Hahn, Wanz. iii. 1. t. 73. fig. 226 (1835). 

 Rhopalus errans, H. Sch. Norn. Ent. i. 42 (1835). 

 Corizus errans, H. Sch. Wanz. vi. 2 (1842) & ix. 269 (1851). 

 Corizus Caucasians, Kol Mel. Ent. ii. 59. 19. t. 7- fig. 5 (1845). 

 Maccevethus, Amyot, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 2 me ser. iii. 487- 104. 

 a. Italy. Presented by Dr. Dowler. 



Genus 6. RHOPALUS. 



Cimex, p., Linn. Syst. Nat. i. (1767) ; DeG. Mem. iii. (1773). 

 Lygaeus, p., et Coreus, p., Fab. Ent. Syst. iv. (1794) fy Syst. Eh. 



(1803). 



Coreus, p., Fall Mon. dm. (1807). 

 Rhopalus, Schill.Beitr. i. 50(1829); Hahn, Wanz. iii. 1 (1835); 



Spin. Hem. 248 (1837). 

 Corizus, Fall. Hem. Suec. 40 (1829); Zett. F. Ins. Lapp. i. 467 



(1832) 4- Ins. Lapp. 261 (1840); Curt. E. E. 481 (1833); 



Burm. Handb. ii.306 (1835); H. Sch. Norn. Ent. i. 35 & 42 



(1835) 8f Wanz. vi. i. (1842) & ix. 243 & 268 (1851); Ramb. 



F. And. ii. (1841 ?); Kol. Mel. Ent. ii. (1845). 

 Therapha et Rhopalus, Am. % Serv. Hem. 244 & 245 (1843). 



1. RHOPALUS ruber, n. s. 



R. ruber, punctatus, capite scutelloque nigris, hoc apice fulvo, 

 marginibus rubris; elytris hyalinis, margine externo rufo, 

 nervis fulvis; abdominis dorso nigro, marginibus rubro nigro- 

 que variis. 3 . 

 Long. lin. 3J. 



Head black above, with a reddish spot on the vertex ; reddish 

 beneath. Thorax deep red, thickly punctured, with the margins 

 a little paler ; the anterior margin and an indistinct spot close to 

 each lateral angle black. Scutellum black, thickly punctured, 

 with the lateral margins red, the apex orange. Elytra transparent ; 

 the basal portion brownish with the nervures orange, the outer 

 margin and a patch on the outer apical angle red. Abdomen 

 above black ; the margins variegated with red and black. Body 

 beneath red; abdomen impunctate, with the disc fulvous. Breast 

 thickly and finely punctured on the sides, with the disc black. 

 Legs red ; tarsi brownish. Rostrum pitchy, with the apex black. 

 Antennae pitchy. 



a. Columbia. From M. Goudot's Collection. 



