586 HEMIPTERA. 



9. OPHTHALMICUS niger, n. s. 



0. niger, punctatus, membrana subhyalina; pedibus antieis et 

 intermediis luteis, posticis fuscescentibus ; antennis supra lu- 

 teis, subtus nigris. $ . 



Long. lin. 1^. 



Oblong-ovate, black. Head with the apex yellowish; eyes 

 brown. Thorax thickly and rather strongly punctured, very 

 little wider behind than before. Scutellum thickly punctured, 

 with a central smooth longitudinal line on the apical portion. 

 Coriaceous portion of the elytra pitchy black, smooth, with two 

 rows of punctures parallel with the inner margin, and a few in- 

 distinct punctures towards the apex ; outer margin pale ; mem- 

 brane semitransparent. Anterior and intermediate legs yellow ; 

 posterior legs brown on the inside, yellowish beneath. Rostrum 

 brownish, with the base and apex black. Antennae yellow above, 

 black beneath; last joint wanting; first joint black, with the 

 apex yellow. 



a. N. America. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



Genus 15. CYMUS. 



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



Ins. Lapp. (1840). 

 Heterogaster, p., Schitt. Beitr. i. (1829); H. Sch. Norn. Ent. 



(1835). 

 Cymus, Hahn, Wanz. i. 76 (1831) ; Burm. Handb. ii. (1835); Am. 



> Serv. Hem. (1843); Kol. Mel. Ent. ii. (1845); Sahib. Geoc. 



Fenn. (1848); H. Sch. Wanz. ix. (1850); Spin. Tav. Sin. 



Hem. (1850). 



1. CYMUS claviculus. 



Lygseus claviculus, Fall.Mon. dm. 64. 4 (1807). 



Lygaeus caricis, Fall. Hem. Suec. 51. 5 (1829); Zett. Ins. Lapp. 



264. 14 (1840). 

 Heterogaster claviculus, Schill Beitr. i. 90. t. 8. fig. 6 (1829) ; 



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

 Cymus claviculus, Hahn, Wanz. i. 77. t. 12. fig. 44 (1831); 



Burm. Handb. ii. 292. 3 (1835); Am. $ Serv. Hem. 259. 1 



(1843); Sahib. Geoc. Fenn. 72. 2 (1848). 

 Cymus, Amyot, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 2 me ser. iv. 109. 170. 

 a. ? From Mr. Children's Collection. 



2. CYMUS Resedae. 



Lygaeus Resedse, Pans. F. G. 40. 20. 



Lygaeus didymus, Zett. Act. Holm. 71 (1819); Fall. Hem. Suec, 

 50. 4 (1829). 



