266 Mr. W. L. Distant on 



margins of head ; antennae with the first, second, and third 

 joints subequal in length, fourth shortest, first and second 

 regularly moderately incrassate, third and fourth pyriform ; 

 rostrum reaching the middle of mesonotum ; pronotum about 

 as long as broad at base, anterior margin concavely sinuate, 

 the anterior angles acute, lateral margins carinate, slightly 

 upwardly reflected, posterior lateral angles nodulose, base 

 obliquely deflected, truncate in front of scutellum and then 

 obliquely directed to the lateral angles ; scutellum small, 

 triangular ; corium long, reaching the base of the sixth 

 abdominal segment ; membrane very small, with reticulate 

 venation ; lateral margins of abdomen beyond middle am- 

 pliately produced and moderately directed upward, the 

 posterior apical angles of the fifth and sixth segments acute, 

 the apex of the anal appendage in $ angularly bifurcate ; 

 legs short, femora apically incrassate, with a distinct tooth 

 beneath near apex, posterior femora only extending to about 

 half the length of abdomen ; abdominal spiracles at about 

 equal distance from anterior and lateral segmental margins. 

 Allied to Cheer ommatus. 



Pomponatius ti/picus, sp. n. 



? . Testaceous, base of pronotum and corium with piceous 

 and flavous suffusions ; head with two central fuscous fasciae ; 

 scutellum with a black central line at base; membrane 

 bronzy black ; body beneath reddish ochraceous, two black 

 fascias extending from anterior to posterior coxee, and two 

 black spots on basal abdominal segment behind inner margins 

 of coxas, on mesonotum the fascise have a broad outer greyish 

 margin, outwardly speckled with black ; legs stramineous, 

 finely speckled with black, a little darker at bases and apices 

 of tibiae ; above finely and obscurely punctate, beneath a little 

 more distinctly punctate ; membrane not quite reaching apex 

 of abdomen. 



Long. 15-^ mm. ' 



Fam. Lygaeidae. 



Subfam. Geocomin^. 



Germalus lineolosus, sp. n. 



Ochraceous, with dark punctures, fuscous or piceous lines, 

 and piceous suffusions to hemelytra. Head pale ochraceous, 

 impunctate, a central longitudinal line and a shorter line at 

 each ocellus piceous ; antennae ochraceous, apices of apical 

 joints, and eyes reddish ; pronotum pale ochraceous, darkly 



