122 CATALOGUE OF 



I. Gastrodes Abietis. 



, Deg. Ins. iii. pi. 15, f. 20, 21 — Cimex Abietis, Linn. Sysl. Nat. 2, 



732. Panz. Faun. Germ. 92, 22— Miris Abietis, Fabr. Sysl. Rhyn. 

 256 — Lygasus Abietis, Fall. Hem. 61 — Platygaster Abietis, Schill. 

 Beitr. 83 — Homalodema Abietis, Fieb. Eur. Hem. 187. 



Europe. 



2. Gastrodes ferrugineus. 



Platygaster ferrugineus, C. II. 581. 



a — h. England. From Mr. Stephens' collection, 

 t. England. From Mr. Vigors' collection. 

 j. England. Presented by F. Walker, Esq. 

 k — m. England, 

 n. Europe. From Mr. Children's collection. 



3. Gastrodes terminalis. 



Fcem. Piceu.t, subovalis ; antenna: corpore mullo breviores, articulo Ao 

 albiclo ; prothorax iateribus rrjlrxis, margine poslico fulvo; pedes 

 testacei; corii costa fulva ; membrana cinerea. 



Female. Piceous, nearly oval, minutely punctured. Head lanceolate, 

 full as long as the prothorax. Eyes not prominent. Antenna? slender, 

 much shorter than the body; first joint shorter than the bead; second 

 longer than the first; third shorter than the first; fourth whitish, nearly as 

 long as the second. Prothorax transverse, much narrower in front; sides 

 rerlexed; hind border tawny. Legs testaceous. Wings extending to the 

 tip of* the abdomen. Curium of the fore wings with the costa tawny; 

 membrane cinereous. Length of the body 3j lines. 



a. Celebes. Presented hy W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



Genus 20. OXYCARENUS. 



Stenogaster, C. II. 581— Oxycarenus, Fieb. Weil. Beit. 1836, 339. Eur. 

 Hem. 205. 



Camptotelus, Brachyplax, Macroplax, Metopoplax, Microplax and 

 Macropterna, of Fieber, are here included with Oxycarenus. The name 

 Stenogaster was used in Culeopteia and in Diptera before it was employed 

 for Heiniptera. 



A. Rostrum extending to the second ventral segment. - Oxvcarfnus. 



B. Rostrum extending to the fore part of the middle 



pectus; first joint not half so long as the head; 



second extending to the hind border of the head. Camptotklus. 



C. Rostrum short. 



a. First joint of the rostrum not half the length of the 

 head; second extending to the border of the 

 neck. ------ Brachvplax. 



