1888.] E. T. Atkinson — Notes on Twlian Rliynchota. 5 



Apodiphya hellenica, Am. & Serv. Hist. Nat. Ins. Hem. p. 108 (1843). 



Apodiphus hellenicus, Spinola, Ess., p. 296 (1837) ; Dallas, List Hem. p. 190 

 (1851). 



Apodiphya amy gdali, Fieber, Eur. Hem. p. 337 (1861), 



Apodiphus amy gdali, Muls. & Key, Pun. France, p. 354 (1866) : Walker, Cat. 

 Het. i, p. 232 (1867). 



Rusty red, thickly punctured black, giving it a marbled appear- 

 ance above ; below, the black points are much finer: connexivum with 

 four double black lines : a line from the tylus to the scutellum also 

 sides of pectus, lighter rusty or yellow-red. Long, 18-22 mill. 



Reported from eastern shores of Mediterranean, Greece, Baghdad 

 (mihi), Assam. 



Genus Erthesina, Spinola. 



Ess. p. 291 (1837) : Am. & Serv. Hist. Nat. Ins. Hem. p. 104 (1843) : Dallas, 

 List Hem. i, p. 153 (1851) : Walker, Cat. Het. i, p. 217 (1867) : Stal, Ofvers. K. V.-A. 

 Forh. p. 510 (1837) ; En. Hem. v, p. 37, 45 (1876). 



Differs from Halys in having the first joint of the rostrum extend- 

 ing beyond the bucculse and the veins of the membrane simple or some- 

 what furcate. The juga do not extend beyond the tylus, and are even 

 a little shorter than it : first and last tibiae dilated. 



143. Erthesina fullo, Thunberg. 



• Cimex fullo, Thunb. Nov. Ins. Spec. p. 42, t. 2, f. 57 (1783). 



Cirtiex mttcoreus, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iv, p. 117 (1794). 



Halys mucorea, Fahr., Syst. Rhyng. p. 183 (1803); Wolff, lo. Cim. v, p. 185. 

 t. 18, f. 179 (1811); Burmeister, Handb. Ent. ii (i), p. 363 (1835); Herr. Schaff. 

 Wanz, Ins. vii, p. 60 (1844). 



Erthesina mucorea, Spinola, Ess., p. 291 (1837) ; Am. & Serv. Hist. Nat. Ins. 

 Hem. p. 104 (1843). 



Erthesina fullo, Dallas, List Hem, i, p. 183 (1851) ; Uhler, Proc. Ac. Phil. p. 

 223 (1860) ; Walker, Cat. Het. i, p. 217 (1867) ; Stal, En. Hem. v, p. 45 (1876) ; 

 Distant, Proc. Ent. Soc. p. Ivii, (1878) ; A. M. N. H. (5 s. ), iii, p. 45 (1879) ; Trans. 

 Ent. Soc. p. 415 (1883). 



Antennae, black (apical joint yellow at the base) ; clypeus porrect, 

 dentated, deep black, the margin and a median line, white : pronotum 

 crenated, scutellum and hemelytra black, punctured white : wings 

 black, immaculate : body olivaceous ; margin of abdomen varied black 

 and a line before the margin formed of black dots : feet black, femora 

 beneath and tibiae, annulated white : first pair of tibiae compressly 

 membranous (G. mucoreus, Fabr.). 



Head porrect, black, shining, impressly punctured ; with a longi- 

 tudinal line and somewhat raised margins, pale ; a-pex with a small, 



