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Ceylon. 



14. XyLOCORIS FULVE8CENS. 



Fcem. Pallide fulvus, elliplicus, antennis pedibus corioque testaceis ; 

 antenna corporis dimidio breviores ; prothorax sulculo medio trans- 

 verso ; corium apud marginem exteriorem fuscum ; membrana 

 diaphana. 

 Female. Pale tawny, elliptical, smooth, shining. Head small. Eyes 

 black. Antennae, legs and corium pale testaceous. Antennae setaceous, 

 less than half the length of the body ; second joint much longer than the 

 others. Prothorax short, contracted in front, with a slight transverse 

 middle furrow. Legs slender. Wings extending beyond the tip of the 

 abdomen ; corium broadly brown along the outer border; membrane and 

 hind wings pellucid. Length of the body 1 Hue. 

 a, b. Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Thwaites. 



15. Xylocoris fumipennis. 



Fcem. Piceus, ovalis, antennis pedibusque testaceis ; antenna corporis 

 dimidio aquilonga ; prothorax sulco transverso medio bene deler- 

 minalo; membrana fusca. 

 Female. Piceous, oval, smooth, shining. Antenna? and legs testaceous. 

 Antenna? setaceous, not more than half the length of the body ; second joint 

 stout, longer than the third and than the fourth. Prothorax contracted in 

 front, with a well-defined transverse middle furrow. Legs slender. Fore 

 wings extending beyond the tip of the abdomen; membrane brown. 

 Length of the body 1 line. 

 a. Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Thwaites. 



Genus 11. CERATOCOMBUS. 

 Ceratocombus, Sgnt. A. S. E. F. 2me Sir. ix. 541. Fieb. Wien. Ent. 

 Mon. iv. 267. Eur. Hem. 142. Dougl. and Scott, Hem. 514. 



1. Ceratocombus muscorum. 

 Bryocoris muscorum, Fall. Hem. Suec. 153— Anthocoris coleoptrata, Zett. 

 Act. Holm. 1819, 171— Astemma Mulsanti, Sgnt. A. S. E. F. 2me 

 Sir. x. 541 (Ceratocombus, pi. 16, f. 3) — Lichenobia ferruginea, Bar. 

 Bert. Ent. Zeit. i. 167 — Lichenobia muscorum, Bar. Btrl. Ent.Zeit. 

 ii. 189— Ceratocombus muscorum, Fieb. Wien. Ent. Mon. iv. 267, 

 pi. 6, f. 7; Eur. Hem. 143. Dougl. and Scott, Hem. 514. 



Europe. 



Genus 12. PACHYCOLEUS. 

 Pachycoleus, Fieb. Wien. Ent. Mon. iv. 272. Eur. Hem. 143. 



1. Pachycoleus Waltli. 

 Wallli, Fieb. Wien. Ent. Mon. iv. 272. Eur. Hem. 143. 

 Bavaria. 



