HEMIPTERA HETEROPTERA. 



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43. LygjEus marginellus, C. II. 548. 

 Mexico? 

 a. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



44. Lvg^us vicinus, C. if . 549. 

 Mexico? 

 a. Columbia. From M. Goudot's collection. 



45. Lyg^us marginalis. 



Mas. Niger, fusiformis, cinereo tomentosus ; caput sublus testaceo 

 biguttatum ; rostrum segmentum 2um ventrale attingcns; antenna 

 corpore breviores ; prothorax coccineo postice bivittatus ; venter lateri- 

 bus apiceque coccineis. 



Male. Black, fusiform, with cinereous tomenlum beneath. Head 

 red at the base of the rostrum, with a testaceous dot beneath on the inner 

 side of each eye. Eyes red, slightly prominent. Rostrum extending to 

 the second ventral segment. Antennae shorter than the body; first joint 

 very short; second much longer than the third ; fouilh shorter than the 

 third. Prothorax with a strongly marked transverse furrow near the fore 

 border, a crimson stripe along each side between the furrow and the hind 

 border. Abdomen crimson at the tip beneath and along each side. 

 Length of the body 4£ lines. 



a, b. Oajaca. From M. Salle's collection. 



46. LygjEUs dimidiatus. 



Fcem. Niger, fere linearis, cinereo subtomenlosus ; rostrum coxas iuter- 

 medias attingens ; antennce corporis dimidio breviores ; abdomen et 

 corium rufa, illhis apice nigro. 



Female. Black, nearly linear, with slight cinereous tomentum. Head 

 moderately large. Eyes slightly prominent. Two ocelli far apart, very 

 near the hind border. Rostrum extending to the middle coxae. Antenna? 

 much less than half the length of the body ; fust joint very short ; second 

 much longer than the third, a little longer than the fourth. Abdomen 

 except at the tip and corium of the fore wings red. Length of the body 

 5 lines. 

 a. Oajaca. From M. Salle's collection. 



West Indies. 



47. Lyg*us aclicus, C II. 538. 



Lygaeus (Oncopeltus) aulicus, Stal, Hem. Fabr. i.70. 



a — r. Brazil. From Mr. Children's collection. 

 d. Jamaica. Presented by W. \V. Saunders, Esq. 



