HEM1PTERA. 549 



margins and the apex black. Breast, legs, rostrum and antennae 

 black. 



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



52. LYG^EUS vicinus, n. s. 



L. praecedenti valde affinis, differt praecipue abdomine rufo, apice 

 solo nigro ; membrana albo-marginata. 

 Long. lin. 2f . 



Thorax with a strong transverse impression about the middle ; 

 this impression and the anterior margin coarsely punctured. 

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



53. LYG^EUS lineola, n. s. 



L. niger, cinereo-pilosus ; thorace coccineo, fasciis 2 nigris -, scu- 

 telli linea media, et elytrorum abdominisque marginibus tes- 

 taceis ; trochanteribus albidis. ? . 

 Long. lin. 2f . 



Head black, with the margins of the rostral canal testaceous. 

 Thorax red, with two irregular black longitudinal bands. Scu- 

 tellum black, with a narrow testaceous line down the centre. 

 Coriaceous portion of the elytra black 5 with the outer and apical 

 margins and the inner margin from the apex of the scutellum to 

 the base of the membrane testaceous ; membrane black, with the 

 margins whitish. Abdomen beneath black, thickly clothed with 

 minute ashy hairs, with the margins testaceous. Breast con- 

 colorous with the abdomen, with the anterior and lateral margins 

 of the antepectus red, and the margins of the sockets of the legs 

 yellow. Legs black, with the trochanters whitish. Rostrum and 

 antennae black. 



a. St. John's Bluff, E.Florida. Presented by E. Doubleday, 

 Esq. 



54. LYG^EUS collaris. 



Lygseus collaris, Fab. S. R. 230. 129 (1803). 



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



55. LYG^EUS pulchellus. 



Lygseus pulchellus, Fab. E. S. iv. 159. 83 (1794) # S. R. 225. 



105 (1803); H. Sch. Wanz. ix. 199 (1850). 

 Lygaeus bimarginatus, H. Sch. Wanz. viii. 105. t. 284. f. 8/7 



(1847). 



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



b. Jamaica. From Mr. Gosse's Collection. 



