HEMIPTERA HETEROPTERA. 185 



beneath. Corium of the fore wings with red veins. Length of the body 

 8 lines. 



The hind legs are wanting in the specimen described. 

 a. Amazon Region. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



3. Malvana centralis. 



Mas. Rufescens, subtus lutea : anlennarum articuli 2us 3usque nigri, 

 basi flavi ; pro thoracis anguli postici acuti, prominuli ; femora 

 postica subincrassata ; corium apicem versus nigrum, rufescente 

 venosum ; membrana fusca. 



Male. Reddish luteous. Head elongate-triangular, shorter than the 

 first joint of the antennae. Rostrum extending a little beyond the hind 

 coxae. Second and third joints of the antennae black, yellow at the base; 

 second as long as the first; third a little shorter than the second. Pro- 

 thorax finely scabrous ; hind angles acute, prominent. Femora beneath 

 with a row of spines ; these are the largest towards the tips of the hind 

 femora, which are slightly incrassated. Fore wings black towards the tip 

 of the corium, excepting the veins ; membrane brown. Length of the 

 body 9 lines. 

 a. Amazon Region. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Genus 7. PLINACHTUS. 

 Plinachtus, Stal, Of v. K. V. Ak. Fork. 1859, 470. 



1. Plinachtus acicularis. 



Alydus acicularis, Fabr. Syst. Rhyn. 251 — Leptoscelis ventralis, C. H. 458 

 — Plinachtus acicularis, Stal, Hem. Fabr. i. 62. 



a. Ceylon. From Major Parry's collection. 



2. Plinachtus peltastes. 

 peltastes, Stal, Stetl. Ent. Zeit. xxii. 144. 

 Ceylon. 



3. Plinachtus pungens. 



Cimex pungens, Thimb, Nov. Sp. Ins. ii. 36 — Alydus pungens, Thunb. 

 Hem. Roslr. Cap. iii. 2 — Gonocerus pungens, Stal, Of v. K. V. Ak. 

 Fork. 1856, 191— Plinachtus pungens, Stal, Ofo. K. V. Ah. Fork. 

 1 859, 470. Hem. Afr. ii. 82. 



Cape. 



4. Plinachtus pugionatus. 

 pugionatus, Stal, Ofv. K. V. Ah Fork. 1859, 470. 

 Caffraria. 



