HEMIPTERA. 527 



elevato, apice rotundato, pallido ; femoribus fulvis, fusco-punc- 

 tatis et variegatis ; tibiis albidis, apice fuscescentibus. $ , 

 Long. lin. 3J. 



Head and thorax brownish testaceous. Vert ex blackish. Thorax 

 thickly and finely punctured, with a slightly elevated, smooth, 

 longitudinal central line ; posterior margin very slightly reflexed 

 on each side ; anterior margin with an interrupted black submar- 

 ginal line. Scutellum with the sides elevated, brownish, the disc 

 blackish, the apex yellow. Elytra semitransparent, with the 

 nervures elevated, yellowish; the nervures separating the two 

 apical cells of the coriaceous portion black ; membrane projecting 

 considerably beyond the apex of the abdomen, semitransparent, 

 brownish, with a brown longitudinal streak. Margins of the ab- 

 domen dull fulvous, banded with brown. Body beneath fulvous. 

 Abdomen with the sides brown, the disc covered with brown 

 points. Breast yellowish, with a brown band down each side. 

 Thighs fulvous, covered with brown points, pilose ; tibiae whitish, 

 brownish at the apex, thickly covered with long hairs; tarsi 

 whitish, brownish at the tip ; claws black. Antennae brownish. 



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



5. RHOPALUS crassicornis. 



Cimexcrassicornis, Linn. F. S. 952(1761)^5. iV.i.729.92(1767). 

 Lygseus crassicornis, Fab. E. S. iv. 168. 114 (1794); Wolff, Ic. 



dm. 145. t. 14. fig. 140 (1804). 

 Coreus crassicornis, Fab. S. R. 201. 46 (1803); Fall. Mon. dm. 



58. 5 (1807). 



Rhopalus crassicornis, Schitt. Eeitr. i. 50. 1. t. 6. fig. 2 (1829). 

 Corizus crassicornis, Fall. Hem. Suec.41. 1 (1826); Zett. F. Ins. 



Lapp. i. 467. 2 (1832) fy Ins. Lapp. 261. 2 (1840); H. Sch. 



Norn. Ent. i. 42 & 74 (1835) 8f Wanz. vi. 2 (1842) ; Kol Mel. 



Ent. ii. 61. 23 (1845). 

 Coreus capitatus, Panz. F. G. 92. 19. 



a. S. of France. 



b. Italy. 



c. Italy. Presented by Dr. Dowler. 



d. Europe. From Mr. Children's Collection. 



6. RHOPALUS Sidae. 



Lygeeus Sidge, Fab. E. S. iv. 169. 116 (1794). 

 Coreus Sidae, Fab. S. R. 201. 47 (1803); Wolff, Ic. dm. 193. 

 t. 19. fig. 187 (1811). 



a. West Indies. From Mr. Children's Collection. 



b. S. America. From Mr. Children's Collection. 



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



