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CATALOGUE OF 
Fam. 1. PHYMATIDiE. 
Phymatidae, Serv. Hist. Hem. 288. Fieh. Ear. Hem. 24. 
Fieber includes the Macrocephalidae with the Phyraatidte, and notices 
the four following genera : — 
A. Head thick, quadrangular on the sides, 
elongated in front. - - _ Phymata. 
B. Head compressed on the sides, almost cylin- 
drical, truncated in front. 
a. Fourth joint of the antennae slender, as long 
as the three first together. - - Mecodactylus, Fieber. 
b. Fourth joint of the antennae stout, a little 
longer than the second and third together. 
* Scutellum not extending to the tip of the 
abdomen. - _ - - Caecinochelis, Fieber. 
** Scutellum extending to the tip of the abdo- 
men. - Macrocephalus. 
Genus T. PHYMATA. 
Phymata, Latr. Gen. iii. 138. Serv. Hist Hem. 288. Fieb. Eur. Hem. 33— 
Syrtis, Fabr. Syst. Rhyn. 123. Burnt. Handb. Ent. ii. 251. 
Europe. 
1. Phymata crassipes. 
— , Geoffr. Ins. i. 447. Schceff. Icon. pi. 57, f. 12 — Cimex 
crassipes, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 2. Rossi, Faun. Elr. 4, 1286 — Syrtis 
crassipes, Fabr. Syst. Rhyn. 121. Schelb. Warn. Ins. 4, pi. 6, f. 3. 
Hahn, Wanz. Ins. iii. 58. Burnt. Handb. Ent. ii. 251. Ramb. Faun. 
And. ii. 167 — Cimex crassipes, Panz. Faun. Germ. 23, 24 — Acanthia 
crassipes, Wolff. Icon. dm. 88, pi. 9, f. 82. Coqueb. III. Icon. 31, 
pi. 21, f. 6 — Phymata crassipes. Lair. Gen. iii. 138. St. Farg. el Serv. 
Enc. M6lh. x. 119. L. Duf. Rech. IHm. 53. Brulli, Hist. Nat. Ins. 
ix. 347. Blanch. Hist. Nat. Ins. iii. 114. Weslw. Trans. Ent. Soc. 
Lond. iii. pi. 2, f. 2. Serv. Hist. Hem. 290. Fieb. Eur. Hem. 110. 
Europe. 
2. Phymata monstrosa. 
Acanthia monstrosa, Fabr. — Syrtis monstrosa, Fabr. Syst. Rhyn. 122. 
Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. 251. Hahn, Wanz. Ins. iii. 57, pi. 90, f. 273 — 
Phymata monstrosa, Fieb. Eur. Hem. 110. 
a, b. Europe. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 
North America. 
3. Phymata erosa. 
Cimex erosa, Linn. Syst. Nat. 2, 718. Tign. Hist. Nat. Ins. iv. 264, pi. 6, 
f. 3 — Cimex scorpio, Deg. Ins. iii. 350, pi. 35, f. 13 — Syrtis erosa. 
