HEMIPTERA, 583 



Genus 13. BLISSUS. 



Blissus, King fy Ehrenb. Symb. Phys. v. ; Burm. Handb. ii. 290 

 (1835). 



1. BLISSUS albipennis, n. s. 



B. niger, pedibus fulvo-castaneis ; elytris abdominis medium vix 



attingentibus griseis, macula nigra, membrana alba ; antennis 



basi fulvis. S 



Long. lin. l-. 



Ovate, black, pubescent. Head and anterior portion of the 

 thorax greyish. Coriaceous portion of the elytra pale griseous, 

 with a short oblique streak at the base, the inner straight margin, 

 the apical margin, an oblique line on the disc, and a large spot 

 on the outer apical angle, black; outer margin fringed with 

 whitish hairs; membrane white, opaque. Legs deep fulvous; 

 thighs brownish. Rostrum brownish. Antennae with the basal 

 joint and the base of the second orange ; the apex of the second 

 and the third joint black ; last joint wanting. 



In one specimen of this insect the elytra are much shorter than 

 the abdomen, with the membrane very small. 



a. ? From Mr, Children's Collection* 



b. ? 



Genus 14. OPHTHALMICUS. 



Cimex, p., Linn. S. N. i. (1767). 



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



Salda, p., Fab. Syst. Eh. (1803); LeP. fy Serv. Enc. Me'th. x. 



(1825); Lap. Hem. 35 (1832); Spin. Hem. 227 (1837) fy Tav. 



Sin. Hem. 38 (1850). 

 Lyga;us, p., Fall. Mon. dm. (1807). 

 Ophthalmicns, Schill. Beitr. i. 62 (1829); Hahn, Warn. i. (1831) ; 



Burm. Handb. ii. (1835); Ramb. F. And. ii. (1841 ?); Am. $ 



Serv. Hem. (1843); Fieb. Ent. Mon. (1844); Sahib. Geoc. 



Fenn. (1848). 

 Geocoris, Fall. Hem. Suec. 69 (1829) ; Zett. F. Ins. Lapp. (1832) 



Sflns. Lapp. (1840); H. Sch. Nom. Ent. (1835); Kol. Mel. 



Ent. ii. (1845). 



1. OPHTHALMICUS grylloides. 



Cimex grylloides, Linn. F. S. 910 (1/61) 8f S. N. i. 717. 13 



(1767). 

 Acanthia grylloides, Fab.E. S.iv. 69. 6 (1794) ; Wolff, Ic. Cim< 



44. t. 5. fig. 41 (1801). 

 Salda grylloides, Fab. S. R. 115. 7 (1803). 



