530 HEMIPTERA. 



thickly punctured. Legs yellow,, with the apices of the thighs 

 fulvous; the apex of the last joint of the tarsi and the claws 

 brown. Rostrum whitish, with the apex dark brown. Antennae 

 ferruginous; second joint longer than the third; fourth joint 

 longest. 



a. China. Presented by G. T. Lay, Esq. 



14. RHOPALUS pratensis. 



Coreus magnicornis, Fall. Mon. dm. 59. 7 (ISO/). 



Corizus pratensis, Fall. Hem. Suec. 42. 3 (1829); H. Sch. Wanz. 



vi. 2 (1842). 

 Rhopalus parumpunctatus, SchilL Beitr. i. 53. 4 (1829); Hahn, 



Wanz. iii. 4. t. 74. fig. 229 (1835). 

 Corizus parumpunctatus, H. Sch. Cont. Panz. F. G. 11?. 10 fy 



Norn. Ent. i. 42 & 75 (1835). 



a. Italy. 



b. S. of France. Presented by M. Audinet Serville. 



c. Africa. From Mr. Children's Collection. 



15. RHOPALUS Hyoscyami. 



Cimex Hyoscyami, Linn. F.S. 945 (1761)# S.N.i.726.76 (1767); 



DeG. Mem. iii. 274. 18. pi. 14. fig. 14 & 15 (1773). 

 Lygams Hyoscyami, Fab. E. S. iv. 149. 47 (1794) # S. R. 218. 63 



(1803); Wolff, Ic. dm. 27. t. 3. fig. 27 (1800); Panz. F. G. 



79. 21 ; L.Duf. Rech. 47. 2 (1827). 

 Alydus Hyosciami, SchilL Beitr. 49. 2. t. 5. fig. 5 (1829). 

 Corizus Hyosciami, Fall. Hem. Suec. 44. 6 (1829) ; Curt. B. E. 



xi. 481 a (1833); Hahn, Wanz. i. 18. t. 3. fig. 10 (1831); 



Burm. Handb. ii. 306. 1 (1835); Ramb. F. And. ii. 142. 1 



(1841?); H. Sch. Wans.vi. 1(1842) & ix. 269 (1851); Kolen. 

 . Mel. Ent. ii. 58. 18 (1845). 



Therapha Hyosciami, Am. fy Serv. Hem. 245. 2 (1843). 

 Therapha, Amyot, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 2 me ser. iii. 486. 103. 

 Geoff. Ins. i. 441. 12. 



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



b. Italy. Presented by Dr. Dowler. 



c. Italy. 



d. Geneva. Presented by M. Goureau. 



Tribe III. INFERICORNIA. 



Rostrum of four joints, sometimes, apparently, only of three. 

 Antennae of four joints, inserted on the sides of the head, gene- 

 rally below aline drawn from the eyes to the base of the rostrum. 

 Ocelli two. Scutellum small and triangular. Nervures of the 



