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Order. HEMIPTERA, Linnmus (continued). 



RAPHIGASTER INCARNATUS. 



Plate XIV. fig. 1. 



Section. Heteropteea, Latreille. 

 Family. Pentatomime, Leach. Cimex, Linn. 

 Genus. Paphigaster, Laporte. 



Species. Paphigaster Incarnatus : supra sanguineus; capite, scutelli maculis duabus; 

 hemelytris unica, membranaque apicali nigris. Long. Corp. unc. 1. 

 Raphigaster : above sanguineous, with the head ; two spots on the scutellum ; a 

 single one on each side of the hemelytra, and the apical membrane black. Length 

 1 inch. 

 Syn. Cimex incarnatus Drury Illustrations, App. vol. 2, 1st edit. pi. 36, f. 5. 



Cimex nigripes, Fabr. Syst. Rhyng. 149. 17. Wolff, 1, t. 2,/. 11. Donovan 1st edit. 

 Cimex melanopus, Gmel. Syst. Nat. 2149. 



This beautiful species bears a distant similitude to Cimex aurantius, described 

 among the insects of China ; it is found in the environs of Batavia, as we are 

 informed, but is by no means common there. 



TESSERATOMA PAPILLOSA. 



Plate XIV. fig. 2. 



Genus. Tesseratoma, St. Farg, et Sew. Laporte. Burmeister. 



Species. Tesseratoma Papillosa : lutea ; thoracis lateribus subrotundatis ; antennis fuscis 

 basi subferrugineis ; abdomine supra purpureo-ferruginono. Long. Corp. 1 unc. 

 Tesseratoma ; luteous ; thorax with the sides rounded ; antenna; dark brown, 

 reddish towards the base ; abdomen above purplish-ferruginous. Length 1 inch. 

 Syn. Cimex papillosum Drury, App. vol. 2, pi. 43, /. 2. (nee Fabr. Burmeister, dec. 

 Donovan, 1st edit. 

 Tesseratoma Sonneratii, St. Farg. et Sen. Enc. M'eth. 10. 590. 

 Cimex Chinensis, Thunberg. Nov. Lns. t. 11,/ 59. Laporte, Hemipt. p. 60. 



"Professor Thunberg describes this Cimex under the name of Chinensis. Our 

 figures represent both the larva and the perfect insect. That our specimens are from 



