Mr. \V. L. Distant on Lygiuiilii;. 535 



Oncopeltus j)urj)uruscenSj sj). n. 



Ocliiaceous ; head, antennaa, anterior area of pronotiim 

 (sometimes connected by a central line with a basal spot), 

 base of scutellum, a broad medial fascia across coriuin, legs, 

 margins of sternal incisures, and apical area ot" abdomen 

 beneath purplish brown ; membrane dark fuscous, the irnier 

 angle and a transverse discal spot creamy white. 



Pronotum and scutellum with a distinct central longitudinal 

 ridge ; apex of head, lateral margins of pronotum, basal 

 lateral margins of coiium, and the tibiie rather longly pilose. 



Long. 7;V-8 millim. 



IJab. Baudin Island, N.W. Australia (./, J. Walker, Brit. 

 Mus.). 



Genus Lyg^eus. 



Lyg(eus xanthostaurus, 



LyyiPus .ranthostaurus, Ilerr.-Scliatl". Wanz. Ins. viii. p. 104, (]"• 874 



(1848J. 

 Lygceus maitrus (nee StSl), Walk. Cat. Ilet. v. p. 4S. n. G8 (1872). 



Lygceus furcatus. 



Cimex furcatus, Fabr. Maut. ii. p. 301 (1787). 



Lijijceus an(juliftr, AValic. Cat. Ilet. v, p. 5o. u. 103 (1872). 



Lygceus concinnus. 



Lygipus concinnus, Dall. List Hem. ii. p. 542 (1852). 

 Var. Lyi/ceus campestris, Dist. Nat. in Transvaal, Append, p. 252, pi iii 

 fig. 10 (1892). 



Lygaus analis. 



Lyyaus anaUs, Dall. List Hem. ii. p. 540. u. 25 (1852). 

 Lygceus ni/icej)s, StSl, Stett. eut. Zuit. .\xiii. p. 30U. 198 (18G2). 



In Biol. Centr.-Amer., Rliynch. vol. i. p. 179 (1882) I 

 stated that the type of Dallas was not in its place in the 

 National Collection and that it probably represented the 

 species described by Stal. I iiave now discovered the type of 

 L. analis, and found that my supposition was correct. 



Lygfcus incequalis. 



Lyymis impqualis, Walk. Cat. Het, v. p. 40. n. 70 (1872)- StSI Eu 

 Hem. iv. p. 107. n. 22 (1874). ' * 



tStdl evidently, as was sometimes his practice with Walker's 

 species, adopted the name, but gave his own description. 

 This, however, does not justity the species standing in Stal's 

 name, as it does in Lethierry and Severin's Cat. Gen. llcui. 



