HEMIPTERA. 545 



39. LYGJEUS longulus, n. s. 



L. praecedenti affinis, coccineo nigroque varius ; membrana fusca, 

 maculis 3 albis ; pedibus, rostro, antennisque iiigris, femoribus 

 anticis subtus denticulatis. 

 Long. lin. 5. 



Somewhat elongate, bright red, opaque. Head with a black 

 point at the apex; eyes black. Thorax with the anterior mar- 

 gin, and two bands on the disc, which do not reach the anterior 

 margin, black. Scutellum black. Coriaceous .portion of the 

 elytra, with a black point near the apex of the clavus, and a black 

 band across the middle ; membrane brown, with a white trian- 

 gular spot in the inner basal angle, a similar spot at the outer 

 basal angle, and a round white spot in the centre of the disc. 

 Abdomen wanting. Breast black, with the sides of the ante- 

 pectus red. Legs, rostrum and antennae black. 

 a. Egypt. Presented by Wilkinson, Esq. 



40. LYG^EUS punctum. 



Lygaeus punctum, Fab. E. S. iv. 157. 75 (1794) $ S. R. 224. 



94 (1803) ; Coqb. Ill i. 41. 1. 10. fig. 14 (1799) ; Wolff, Ic. dm. 



73. t. 8. fig. 70 (1801); Burm. Handb. ii. 294. 5 (1835); H. 



Sch. Norn. Ent. i. 44 & 77 (1835) $ Wanz. ix. 198 (1850). 

 Lygseus ventralis, Kol. Mel. Ent. ii. 75. 39. t. 9. f. 13 (1845). 

 Stigmophorus, Amyot, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 2 me ser. iv. 78. 115. 

 Geoff. Ins. i. 443. 15. 



a. Italy. 



b. S. of France. 



c. Geneva. Presented by M. Goureau. 



41. LYG^EUS argentatus. 



Lygaeus argentatus, Fab. S. R. 228. 120 (1803). 

 a. . 



42. LYG^EUS maculatus, n. s. 



L. rufus; capite, thoracis maculis 2 magnis posticis, scutello, 

 elytrorum maculis membranaque, pectoris punctis 4 utrinque, 

 pedibus, rostro, antennisque nigris ; ventre rufo, postice griseo, 

 apice nigro. $ . 

 Long. lin. 3f . 



Opaque, pilose. Head black, with the lateral margins red ; 

 beneath red. Eyes brown. Thorax red, with a triangular blackish 

 spot on the anterior portion, and two large deep black spots occu- 

 pying the greater portion of the posterior half, and leaving only 

 the margins and a narrow central line red. Scutellum black, with 



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