CLASS V. INSECTA. 221 



Stirps 2. — Scufellum not covering the wings or elytra. 



Genus 269. iELIA. Fabr., Leach. 



Builji ovate : thorax with the anterior margin much narrower than the 

 hinder : head longer than broad : anteniue with tlie second joint not 

 longer than the third, their base covered by the lateral margins of 

 the head. 



Sp. 1. JEl. acuminata. Palc-ycllowish, longitudinally lineated with fus- 

 cous, impressed-punctatc ; a fuscous band running down the mid- 

 dle of the back divided by a whitish line; last joint of the antennae 

 red. 



Ciniex acuminatus. Linn. iElia acuminata Fabr., Leach. Pentatoma 

 aciwninatum. Lair. 



Inhabits grassy places : is rare in Britain. 



Genus 270. PENTATOMA. Oliv., Latr., Leach. Cimex. Fcihr.^ 



Wolff. 

 Bodt/ ovate : thorax with the anterior margin much narrower than tlie 



hinder: head with nearly equal diameters. 

 Sp. 1. Pent, bidens. Body griseous above; thorax with a lengthened 



spine on each side behind. 

 Cimex bidens. Fabr. Pentatoma bidens. Latr., Leach. 

 Inhabits Europe. 

 Sp. 2. Pent, prasinus. Green above; hinder angles of the thorax with-' 



out spines. 

 Cimex prasinus. Fabr. Pentatoma prasinus. Leach. 

 Inhabits woods and ferns on heaths. 



Genus 271. CYDNUS. Fabr., Leach. Pentatoma. lyjtr. 



Body ovate, somewhat orbicular ; anterior margin of the thorax nar- 

 rower than the hinder: /;f«rf nearly semicircular: antenni^ witli the 

 second joint longer than the third : tibia spinnlose. 



Sp. 1. Cyd. vlcraceus. Brassy dark 'green; sides of the head and tho- 

 rax with a longitudinal line, on the latter red ; outer margin of the _ 

 elytra a spot on each, and the apex of the elytra red ; thighs (apex 

 excepted) and the middle tibia^ yellowish. 



Inhabits woods and sandy situations. 



Fam. II. CoRr.iD.E. leach, 



CoRisr.E II. Latreille. 



Antenna- composed of four joints: rostrum with four distinct joint*!, the 

 first three of nearly an equal length : labrum very long, striated : 

 tarsi with three distinct joints, the first elongate: head trigonate, im- 

 mersed even to the eyes witlnu the thorax. 



