HEMIPTERA HETEROPTERA. 
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b. First joint of the rostrum very short, extending only 
a little behind the very small tubercles of the 
antennae ; second extending somewhat beyond 
the fore pectus. 
* Tarsi stout. - 
** Tarsi slender. ----- 
D. Rostrum extending to the hind border of the pectus. 
E. Rostrum extending to the middle of the hind pectus. 
INI ICROPLAX. 
Macroptehna. 
Macroplax. 
Metopoplax. 
1. OXYCARENUS LaVATER®. 
Stenogaster Lavaterae, C. H. 581. 
a. Tunis. From Mr. Fraser’s collection. 
b. Sierra Leone. Presented by the Rev. D. F. Morgan. 
2. O.XYCARENUS P AT. LENS. 
Stenogaster pallens, H.-Sch. Wanz. Ins. ix. 215, pi. 314, f. 963 — Oxy- 
caraenus pallens, Fieb. Fur. Hem. 206. 
Hungary. Spain. 
3. OxYCARENUS LEUCOPTERUS. 
leucopterus, Fieb. Rhyn. 42 ; Fur. Hem. 206. 
Italy. Portugal. Syria. Cape. 
4. OxYCARENUS MODESTUS. 
Lygaeus modestus, Fall. Hem. Iv. 57 — Oxycarenus Spitzvi, Fieb. Weil. 
Beilr. pi. 2, f. 12; Rhynch. 40 — Oxycarenus mudeslus, Fieb. Fur. 
Hem. 206. 
Sweden. Finland. Germany. 
5. Oxycarenus lineolatus. 
Heterogaster lineolatus, Schill. Beilr. 89. pi. 8, f . 4 — Heterogaster costatus, 
H.-Sch. Wanz. Ins. vi. 34, pi. 192, f. 592 — Heterogasier ci>talis, 
H.-Sch. Wanz. Ins. ix. 216— Oxycarenus lineolatus, Fieb. Rhynch. 42 ; 
Fur. Hem. 205. 
South Europe. 
6. Oxycarenus albidus. 
Brachypiax albidus, Fieb. Eur. Hem. 206. 
Corsica. 
7. Oxycarenus Preyssleri. 
Preyssleri, Fieb. Weil. Beit. 1836, 313, pi. 2, f. 17; Rhynch. 43; Eur. 
Hem. 207. 
According to Thomson this specks = 0. Modestus, Var. |9. Fall. = O. 
fuscovenosus, Dahlb. 
Germany. Sicily. 
