Habitat: Virginia (Drury). Georgia (Burmeister).
Head, eyes, and thorax black; the latter rough. Antennæ setaceous, consisting of innumerable articulations. Scutellum triangular and black. Corium white, terminal membrane black. Wings white and transparent. Abdomen black, the edges marked with scarlet and black spots. Rostrum black and short, not reaching to the fore legs. Legs black, the hinder thighs next the body scarlet.
CERBUS SANCTUS.
Plate [XLV]. fig. 5.
Order: Hemiptera. Suborder: Heteroptera. Section: Geocorisa. Family: Coreidæ, Leach.
Genus. Cerbus, Hahn. Anisoscelis, Latr. Lygæus, Fabr.
Cerbus Sanctus. Fuscus, thorace maculâque cruciatâ elytrorum fulvis, thorace inermi, pedibus nigris femoribus posticis maximis, tibiis mediocribus. (Long. Corp. fere 1 unc.)
Syn. Cimex Sanctus, Drury, App. vol. 3.
Habitat: Sierra Leone.
Head dark brown. Antennæ almost as long as the insect. Thorax orange brown, having a black streak on it next the head. Scutellum triangular and black. Corium orange brown, apical membrane black. Rostrum small and slender, not reaching to the fore legs. Legs black. Hinder thighs strong and thick, having a strong spine on the under part, and another longer, near the tip of the tibiæ.