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CATALOGUE OF 



Faro. 1. PHYMATID2E. 



Phymatidae, Serv. Hist. Hem. 288. Fieb. Eur. Hem. 24. 



Fieber includes the Macrocephalidae with the Pbyraatidte, and notices 

 the four following genera : — 



A. Head thick, quadrangular on the sides, 



elongated in front. - 



B. Head compressed on the sides, almost cylin- 



drical, truncated in front. 



a. Fourth joint of tbe antennae slender, as long 



as tbe tbree first together. 



b. Fourth joint of the antenna? stout, a little 



longer than the second and third together. 

 * Scutelliim not extending to the tip of the 

 abdomen. - 



** Scutellum extending to the tip of the abdo- 

 men. .... - 



Phymata. 



Mecodactyi.us, Fieber. 



Carcinochelis, Fieber. 

 Macrocephalus. 



Genus 1. PHYMATA. 



Phymata, Latr. Gen. iii. 138. Serv. Hist. Hem. 288. Fieb. Eur. Hem. 33— 

 Syrtis, Fabr. Syst. Rhyn. 123. Burm. Handb. Eat. ii. 251. 



Europe. 



1. Phymata crassipes. 



— — , Geoffr. Ins. i. 447. S chaff. Icon. pi. 57, f. 12 — Cimex 



crassipes, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 2. Rossi, Faun. Etr. 4, 1286 — Syrtis 

 crassipes, Fabr. Syst. Rhyn. 121. Schelb. Warn. Ins. 4, pi. 6, f. 3. 

 Hahn, IVanz. Ins. iii. 58. Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. 251. Ramb. Faun. 

 And. ii. 167 — Cimex crassipes, Panz. Faun. Germ. 23, 24 — Acanthia 

 crassipes, Wolff. Icon. Cim. 88, pi. 9, f. 82. Coqueb. III. Icon. 31, 

 pi. 21, f. 6 — Phymata crassipes, Latr. Gen. iii. 138. St. Farg. et Serv. 

 Enc. Melh. x. 119. L. Duf. Rech. Hem. 53. Brulle, Hist. Nat. his. 

 ix. 347. Blanch. Hist. Nat. Ins. iii. 114. Westw. Trans. Ent. Soc. 

 Lond. iii. pi. 2, f. 2. Serv. Hist. Hem. 290. Fieb. Eur. Hem. 110. 



Europe. 



2. Phymata monstrosa. 



Acanthia monstrosa, Fabr. — Syrtis monstrosa, Fabr. Syst. Rhyn. 122. 

 Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. 251. Hahn, Wanz. Ins. iii. 57, pi. 90, f. 273 — 

 Phymata monstrosa, Fieb. Eur. Hem. 110. 



a, b. Europe. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



North America. 



3. Phymata erosa. 



Cimex erosn, Linn. Syst. Nat. 2, 718. Tign. Hist. Nat. Ins. iv. 264, pi. 6, 

 f. 3 — Cimex scorpio, Deg. Ins. iii, 350, pi. 35, f. 13 — Syrtis erosa, 



