574 HEMIPTERA. 



stricted at the middle ; the anterior lobe narrower than the pos- 

 terior, a little broader than long, convex, black, impunctate ; the 

 anterior margin with a distinct raised rim ; posterior lobe pitchy,, 

 rather thickly punctured. Scutellum black, punctured, with a 

 pitchy brown line down the centre, and the apex whitish. Co- 

 riaceous portion of the elytra testaceous, punctured with brown, 

 with the outer margin whitish and impunctate, the apical margin 

 brown ; a little within the inner apical angle is a small whitish 

 spot ; membrane brown, with the nervures, and a large streak 

 down the middle, but not reaching the base, whitish. Abdomen 

 reddish, with the apex blackish. Breast black, minutely and 

 sparingly punctured; the posterior portion of the antepectus 

 pitchy. Legs pale fulvous ; anterior thighs pitchy brown, with 

 the apex pale fulvous; tarsi blackish at the tip. Rostrum brown. 

 Antennae fulvous, with the last joint brown. 



a. N. India. From Capt. Boys's Collection. 



39. RHYPAROCHROMUS sylvestris. 



Cimex svlvestris, Linn. F. S. 256. 965 (1761) S. N. i. 731. 



Ill (1767). 



Lygseus silvestris, Fall. Mon. dm. 69. 15 (1807) # Hem. Suec. 

 "61. 22 (1829); Zett. F. Ins. Lapp. i. 473. 10 (1832) $ Ins. 

 Lapp. 264. 12 (1840). 



Rhyparochromus silvestris, Sahib. Geoc. Fenn. 70. 2 (1848). 

 Pachymerus sylvestris, H. Sch. Wanz. ix. 209 (1850). 

 a. ? From Mr. Children's Collection. 



40. RHYPAROCHROMUS inconspicuus, n. s. 



R. nigro-piceus ; thorace postice obscure castaneo, punctato; 

 elytris testaceis fusco-punctatis, macula apicali albida ; pedi- 

 bus pallidis, femoribus anticis nigris. ? . 

 Long. lin. 2^. 



Rather elongate, pitchy black. Thorax rather strongly con- 

 stricted about the middle, the posterior lobe dull chestnut, finely 

 punctured. Scutellum whitish at the tip. Coriaceous portion 

 of the elytra testaceous, thickly and finely punctured with brown, 

 with the outer margin whitish and impunctate, and with a small 

 white spot close to the inner apical angle ; membrane brownish, 

 semitransparent, with the nervures pale. Abdomen beneath red- 

 dish. Legs yellow; anterior thighs black, with the apex ful- 

 vous. Rostrum brown. Antennae pale fulvous, with the apical 

 joint brown. 



a. Sierra Leone. Presented by the Rev. D. F. Morgan. 



