HEMIPTERA HETEROPTERA. 



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b. First joint of the rostrum very short, extending only 

 a little behind the very small tubercles of the 

 anteunoe ; second extending somewhat beyond 

 the fore pectus. 

 * Tarsi stout. - 



** Tarsi slender. - 



D. Rostrum extending to the hind border of the pectus. 



E. Rostrum extending to the middle of the hiud pectus. 



AJlCROr-LAX. 



Macropterna. 



Macropi.ax. 



Metopoplax. 



1. OXYCARENUS LaVATER«. 



Stenogaster Lavaterae, C. H. 581. 



a. Tunis. From Mr. Fraser's collection. 



b. Sierra Leone. Presented by the Rev. D. F. Morgan. 



2. O.XYCARENUS PAI.LEN9. 



Stenogaster pallens, H.-Sch. Wanz. Ins. ix. 215, pi. 314, f. 963— Oxy- 

 caraenus pallens, Fieb. Eur. Hem. 206. 



Hungary. Spain. 



3. OXYCARENUS LEUCOPTKRU9. 



leucopterus, Fieb. Rhyn. 42 ; Eur. Hem. 206. 

 Italy. Portugal. Syria. Cape. 



4. OXYCARENUS MODESTUS. 



Lygjeus modestus, Fall. Hem. Iv. 57 — Oxycarenus Spitzyi, Fieb. Witt. 

 Beilr. pi. 2, f. 12; Rhynch. 40 — Oxycarenus modestus, Fieb. Eur. 

 Hem. 206. 



Sweden. Finland. Germany. 



5. Oxycarenus lineolatus. 



Heterogaster lineolatus, Schill. Beilr. 89. pi. 8, f. 4 — Helerogaster costatus, 

 H.-Sch. Wanz. Ins. vi. 34, pi. 192, f. 592 — Heterogaster totalis, 

 H.-Sch. Wanz. Ins. ix. 216— Oxycarenus lineolatus, Fieb. Rhynch. 42 ; 

 Eur. Hem. 205. 



South Europe. 



6. Oxycarenus albidus. 



Brachyplax albidus, Fieb. Eur. Hem. 206. 



Corsica. 



7. Oxycarenus Preyssleri. 



Preyssleri, Fieb. Weil. Beit. 1836, 313, pi. 2, f. 17; Rhynch. 43; Eur. 

 Hem. 207. 



According to Thomson this spec'us = O. Modestus, Var. (9. Fa/l. = 0. 

 fuscovenosus, Dahlb. 



Germany. Sicily. 



