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THE TROPICAL BED-BUG, CLINOCORIS HEMIPTERA, FABR. 



By the Hon. N. Charles Rothschild, M.A., F.E.S. 



Dr. Horvath has recorded the fact that the bed-bug described under the various 

 names, kemiptera, rotundata, macrocephala and horrifer 9 are all the same species, 

 and that this insect must be termed kemiptera, as that is the oldest name. The 

 insect in question is widely distributed over the tropics of both the Old and New 

 World. The type specimen is still preserved in the Copenhagen Museum, and 

 through the kindness of the authorities there I have recently been able to examine 

 it, and can confirm Dr. Horvath's views. The type example of Clinocoris foedus, 

 Stal, which was described from an example taken in Columbia, is in the Stock- 

 holm Museum, and was also submitted to me. This insect differs from hemiptera 

 by having the lateral margin of the pronotum slightly but distinctly explanate 

 and curved upwards. Whether this character is due to the shrinkage of the 

 example, or whether it is really there, it is impossible to tell. In any case, 

 should foedus, Stal, utimately prove to be the same as hemiptera, the name would 

 simply form one more synonym of this species, though in all probability, when 

 more material is discovered, foedus will be shown to be a distinct species. 



