590 HEMIPTERA. 



Brown. Thorax much narrowed in front ; the lateral margins 

 narrowly reflexed \ the disc with a very strong transverse impres- 

 sion. Coriaceous portion of the elytra rather paler than the rest 

 of the insect, with the apical portion blackish ; membrane 

 brownish, semitransparent, iridescent. Legs pale brownish ful- 

 vous. Rostrum fulvous. Antennae pale brown. 



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



3. XYLOCORIS corticalis. 



Lyctocoris corticalis, Hahn, Wanz. iii. 21. t. 79. fig. 244 (1835). 

 a. Geneva. Presented by M. Goureau. 



