HEMIPTERA HETEROPTERA 153 



Australia. 



18. Anthocoris arctatus. 



Mas. Niger, fusiformis ; caput elongatum ; rostrum coxas posticus 

 attingens ; antenna corporis dimidio aquilongee, sat validie ; prolhorax 

 sulculo transversa medio; pedes breviusculi, tibiis tarsisque lestaceis; 

 corium diaphanum, basi album, macula a pud marginem exleriorem 

 nigra. 



Male. Black, fusiform, very finely punctured. Head elongate- 

 triangular. Eyes not prominent. Rostrum extending: to the hind coxa?. 

 Antenna rather stout, about half the length of the body; first joint short; 

 third much longer than the first; second and fourth about equal in length, 

 each longer limn the third. Prolhorax narrower in front, with a slight 

 transverse middle furrow. Legs rather short; tibiae and tarsi testaceous. 

 Wings pellucid, extending to the lip of the ahdomen. Corium white at 

 the base, with a large black spot adjoining the outer border. Length of 

 the body \\ line. 



a — c. Australia. Presented by F. Walker, Esq. 



Genus 2. TEMNOSTETHUS. 



Temnostethus, Fieb. Wien. Ent. Mon. iv. ; Eur. Hem. 136. Douglas and 

 Scott, Hem. 491. 



1. Temnostethus pusillus. 



Anthocoris pusillus, H.-Sch. Nom. Ent. i. 60; Wanz. Ins. ix. 255, pi. 316, 

 f. 977— Anthocoris albofasciatus, Fieb. Weil. Beitr. Ill, pi. 2, f. 10 — 

 Anihocoris lugubris, Boh. Vet. Ak. Fork. 58. Flor. Rliyn. Liv. i. 647 

 — Temnobtethus pusillus, Fieb. Eur. Hem. 136. Douglas and Scott, 

 Htm. 493. 



Europe. 



2. Temnostethus lucorum. 



Anthocoris lucorum, Fall. Hem. Suec. 67. Flor. Rhf/n. Liv. i. 648 — 

 Anthocoris Helvetians, Dokrn, Slrlt. Ent. Zeit. xxi. 162, pi. 1, f. 3 — 

 Teniuosletluis luleus, Fieb. Wien. Ent. Mon. iv. 269 — Temnoslethus 

 lucorum, Fieb. Eur. Hem. 136. Doug I. and Scott, llem. 492. 



Prof. Slal states that this species is A. nemoralis, Fabr. 



Europe. 



3. Temnostethus Sarothamni. 

 Sarotbamni, Dougl. and Scott, Hem. 497. 

 England. 



