HEMIPTERA. 581 



the tip, and two spots on the disc, yellow. Coriaceous portion 

 of the elytra brown, with a few scattered punctures ; the outer 

 margin, and some spots and streaks on the disc, yellow ; mem- 

 brane brown, with part of the nervures pale. Body beneath 

 pitchy. Legs pale yellow, with the thighs brown at the apex. 

 Rostrum pale yellow, with the tip brownish. Antennae pale yel- 

 low, with the basal joint brown, the last joint wanting. 

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



Genus 10. PLATYGASTER. 



Cimex, p., Linn. S. N. (1767) ; DeG. Mem. iii. (1773). 

 Miris, p., Fab. Ent. Syst. iv. (1794) # Syst. Rh. (1803). 

 Lygseus, p., Fall. Mon. dm. (1807) fy Hem. Suec. (1829); Zett. 



Ins. Lapp. (1840). 

 Platygaster, SMI. Beitr. i. 82 (1829); Hahn, Wanz. iii. 33 



(1835) ; H. Sch. Norn. Ent. i. (1835); Kol. Mel. Ent. ii. (1845). 

 Pachymerus, p., Burm. Handb. ii. (1835). 



1. PLATYGASTER ferrugineus. 



Cimex ferrugineus, Linn. S. N. i. 730. 99 (1767). 



Cimex grossipes, DeG. Mem. iii. 308. 37. pi. 15. figs. 20 & 21 



(1773). 

 Miris Abietis, Fab. E. S. iv. 187. 15 (1794) $ S. R. 256. 16 



(1803) ; Panz. F. G. 92. 22. 

 Lygseus Abietis, Fall. Hem. Suec. 61. 21 (1829) ; Zett. Ins. Lapp. 



264. 13 (1840). 

 Platygaster ferrugineus, SMI. Beitr. i. 82. 1. 1. 7- f. 7 (1829); 



Hahn, Wanz. iii. 34. t. 84. f. 254 (1835) ; H. Sch. Norn. Ent. 



i. 45 & 80 (1835); Kol. Mel. Ent. ii. 85. 55 (1845). 

 Pachymerus Abietis, Burm. Handb. ii. 295. 4 (1835). 

 Gastrodes, Amyot, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 2 me ser. iv. 96. 148. 

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



Genus 11. STENOGASTER. 



Acanthia, p., Fab. Ent. Syst. iv. (1794). 

 Lygseus, p., Fab. Syst. Rh. (1803). 

 'Heterogaster, p., H. Sch. Norn. Ent. i. (1835). 

 Stenogaster, Hahn, Wanz. iii. 15 (1835) ; Am. fy Serv. Hem. 255 

 (1843); H. Sch. Wanz. ix. (1850). 



1. STENOGASTER Lavaterae. 



Acanthia Lavaterse, Fab. E. S. iv. 70. 13 (1794). 



Lygseus Lavatera, Fab. S. R. 240. 186 (1803). 



Heterogaster Lavatene, H. Sch. Norn. Ent. i. 46 & 80 (1835), 



