HEMIPTERA HETEROPTERA. 13 



BERVTUS MERIDIONALIS. 



Metacantlius meridionalis, Costa, Alt. Inst. Neap. vii. pi. 1, f. 4. Muls. el 

 Rey, Pun. France, iii. 194. 



Naples. Spain. 



Fam. 2. RHOPALIDjE, C. H. 520. 



A. Third joint of the antennae not dilated, 

 a. Hind femora spiny beneath. 



* Second joint of the antenna much shorter than the 



third. ----- 2. Pseudophlosus. 



** Second and third joints of the antenna? about equal 

 in length, 

 t Pectus with a longitudinal groove. - - - 1. Harmostes. 



ff Pectus with no groove. - - - - 3. Cekalepxus. 



b. Hind femora unarmed. 



* Eyes not petiolated. 9. Eldarca. 

 ** Eyes petiolated. 



f Membrane with from fifteen to twenty-five veins. - 4. Therapha. 

 ff Membrane with from eight to ten veins. 

 J Eyes not projecting beyond the fore angles of the 



proihorax. ----- 5. Marcus. 



\\ Eyes projecting beyond the fore angles of the pro- 

 thorax. 

 § Head received as far as the eyes into the prothoiax. 6. Maccevkthus. 

 §§ Head narrowed like a neck behiud the eyes. - 7. Rhopalus. 



B. Third joint of the antennae much dilated at the tip. 8. Eretmophora. 



Genus 1. HARMOSTES, C. H. 520. 



1. Harmostes virescens, C. II. 520. 

 costalis, Germ. H.-Sch. Warn. Ins. ix. 270, pi. 320, f. 992. 



a. Georgia. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



b. United States. Presented by F. Walker, Esq. 



2. Harmostes Chilensis, C. H. 521. 



Merocoris minor, Spin. Faun. Chil. 165 — Harmostes minor, Sgnt. A. S. 

 E.F.Ame Sir. ifi. 561. 



a. Chili. From Mr. Cuming's collection. 



3. Harmostes rhapiiimkrus. 



Merocoris rhaphimerus, Spin. Faun. Chil. 164 — Harmostes rhaphimerus, 

 Sgnt. A. S. E. F. 4me Sir. iii. 560. 



Chili. 



