HEMIPTERA HETEROPTERA. !$7 



2. ASTEMMA STYLOPHTHALMA. 



stylophthalmum, Stal, K. Sv. Vet. Ak. Handl. 1870, 91. 

 North Brazil. 



Var. ? Mas. Atra, fere linearis ; rostrum coxas intermedias attingens ; 

 antennce corporis dimidio longiores ; prothorax antice, pectus et 

 venter cano tomentosa ; venter flavo lalissime bifasciatus ; corium 

 Icele ochraceum. 



Male. Deep black, nearly linear, very finely punctured. Head trian- 

 gular; front nearly perpendicular. Eyes slightly petiolated, obliquely 

 ascending-. Rostrum extending to the middle coxae. Antennae more than 

 half the length of the body ; first joint longer than ihe head ; second about 

 half the length of the first ; third much shorter lhan the second; fourth 

 rather shorter than the first. Prothorax with hoary tomentuui in front of 

 the strongly-marked transverse middle furrow. Pectus and under side of 

 the abdomen with hoary tomentum, the latter with two very broad yellow 

 bands in the middle. Fore femora slightly incrassated, with two minute 

 subapical spines beneath. Corium very bright orange. Length of the body 

 6 lines. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Genus 16. ACINOCORIS. 



Acinocoris, Hahn, Wanz. Ins. ii. 113. Serv. Hist. Hem. 274. 



1. Acinocoris lunatus. 



Cimex lunatus, Fair. Mant. Ins. ii. 302 — Cimex lunaris, Gmel. ed. Syst. 

 Nat. i. 2, 178— Lygaeus lunulatus, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iv. 167; Sysl. 

 Rhyn. 232 — Lygaeus calidus, Fabr. Syst. R/iyn. 230 — Lygaeus lunu- 

 latus, Fabr. Syst. Rhyn. Index, 16 — Acinocoris calidus, Hahn, Wanz. 

 Ins. ii. 114, pi. 64, f. 194. Blanch. Hist. Ins. 128 — Largus lunu- 

 latus, Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. 282. Blanch. Hist. Ins. 227 — Largus 

 interruptus, H.-Sch. Wanz. Ins. ix. 181, pi. 317, f. 978 — Acinocoris 

 lunatus, Stal, Hem. Fabr. i. 81 — Largus lunatus, Stal, K. Sv. Vet. 

 Ak. Handl. 1870, 92. 



a. Para. Presented by R. Graham, Esq. 



b. Para. Presented by J. P. G. Smith, Esq. 



2. Acinocoris lunulatus. 



Lygaeus lunulatus, Fabr. Syst. Rhyn. 232 — Largus lunulatus, Burm. 

 Handb. Ent. ii. 282 — Acinocoris interruptus, H.-Sch. Wanz. Ins. ix. 

 118, pi. 317, f. 978. 



Cayenne. 



a. Santarem. From Mr. Bates' collection. 

 b — d. Tapayos. From Mr. Bates' collection. 

 e. Peru. From M. Degand's collection. 



Note. — Cimex oculi-cancri, Deg. Ins. iii. 343, pi. 34, f. 24. Tign. 

 Hist. Nat. Ins. iv. 274, may belong to this genus. 



