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46. Achaeana ph^opteealis ( Guen .). 
Botys phaeopteralis, Guen. Spec. Gen. Lep.,Delt. et Pyr. p. 349 (1854). 
A common and widely-distributed species in Tropical America. 
47. Pachyzancla deteitalis (Guen.). 
Botys detritalis, Guen. Spec. Gen. Lep., Gelt. &; Pyr. p. 347 (1854). 
Widely distributed in South America. 
48. Opsibotts flavtdissimalis ( Grote ). 
Botis flavidissimalis, Grote, Canad. Ent. ix. p. 105(1877). 
Described by Grote from Texas ; but there are also specimens 
from South America in the British Museum. 
49. Mella zinckenella (Treitschke). 
Phyeis zinckenella, Treitschke, Schmett. Eur. ix. (l)p. 201 (1832). 
Many specimens. A cosmopolitan species. There are spe- 
cimens in the British Museum from S. Europe, S. Africa, and 
Australia. It is a somewhat variable insect, but is easily 
recognized by the broad pale costa and the huge palpi. 
50. Pentatoma testacea, Dali. 
Pentatoma testacea, Dali. Cat. Hern. p. 250, n. 43 (1851). 
Several specimens were met with in various spots in the Main 
and Rat Islands. 
51. Lyg^us eueoculis, n. sp. 
Long. corp. 9-11 millim 
Bright red, including the eyes and ocelli ; head above, between 
and in front of ocelli, blackish ; antennae and legs blackish and 
setose ; coxae reddish at base, corium more or less varied with 
blackish, outer edge narrowly black, membrane brown, blackish 
in $ . Head and thorax rugose, the former truncate and 
bicarinate in front. Rostrum black, extending to the extremity of 
the posterior coxae. Corium fully developed in B ; in 5 aibout 
half as long as the abdomen, and rather pointed. 
An extremely common species, allied to L. anticus , Walk., in 
which, however, the head and thorax are unicolorous red, and the 
tegmina are reddish brown. 
This highly -coloured Bug occurred in large numbers upon the 
ground in the Sapate under bushes of Jacquinia ; but was local, 
only found in a few spots. 
