464 Mr. W. L. Distant on Lygeide. 
LIX.—Rhynchotal Notes.—X1. Heteroptera: Fam. Lygeide. 
By W. L. Disranz. 
THis communication completes the revision of the family 
Lygeide as contained in the collection of the British 
Museum, and gives the result of an examination of Walker’s 
species published in part v. of his Catalogue of Hemiptera 
Heteroptera. A number of new genera and species belonging 
to the National and my own collection are also described. 
Lyex1nz (continued). 
Genus Lyczus. 
Lygeus discifer. 
Rhyparochromus discifer, Walk. Cat. Het. v. p. 92. n. 118 (1872). 
A species allied to L. dispar, Stal, and L. cinctipennis, Stal. 
Apical joint of antennz brown, apex of first joint narrowly 
and obscurely ochraceous ; coxz luteous; disk of abdomen 
ochraceous (carded specimen). 
Genus LyG#osoma. 
Lygeosoma neglecta, sp. 0. 
Head and antenne black; pronotum and scutellum pale 
piceous, coarsely punctate; a central longitudinal fascia to 
pronotum and the apex of the scutellum ochraceous ; corium 
pale reddish, the veins and extreme base paler in hue; 
membrane black, its apex greyish white ; body beneath 
black; legs dark castaneous. 
Body finely pilose above, more longly pilose beneath. 
Long. 34 millim. 
Hab. Cape of Good Hope (Rev. A. E. Euton, Brit. Mus.). 
Lygeosoma tripunctata. 
Aphanus tripunctatus, Dallas, List Hem. ii. p. 559 (1852). 
Genus MELANOTELUS. 
Melanotelus rubiginosus. 
Riyparochromus rubiginosus, Walk. Cat. Het. v. p. 110. n. 192 (1872). 
The Victorian specimen standing as the type of this species 
does not agree with the description, but, on the contrary, 
can scarcely be separated from M. bipunctatus, Dall., and 
