CLASS V. INSECTA. 221 



Stirp3 3. — Scutdlum not covering the wings or elj tra. 



Genus 2G9. yELIA. Fubr., Leach. 



BoiJj/ ovate: thorax with the anterior margin much narrower than the 

 hinder: /irac/ longer than broad : antenu<e with the second joint not 

 longer than the tiiird, their ba;e covered by the lateral margins of 

 the head. 



Sp. 1.' yE/. acuminata. Pale-jellowi^h, iQiigitudinally lineated with fus- 

 cous, impressex^l-punctate ; a fuscous band running down the mid- 

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

 red. 



Cimexacuminatus. Linn. iElia acuminata Fair., Leuch. Pcntatoma 

 acuminatum. Latr. 



Inhabits grassy places : is rare in Britain. 



Genus 270. PENTATOMA. Oliv., Latr., Leach. Cimex. Fair., 

 Wolff. 

 Body ovate : thora c with the anterior margin much narrower than the 



hinder: head with nearly equal diameters. 

 Sp. 1. Pent, bidens. Body griseous above; thora.\ with a IcngiJjcned 



spine on each side behind. 

 Cimex bidens. Fabr. Peiitatoraa bidens. La'r., Leach. 

 Inhabits Europe. 



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

 out spines. 

 Cimex prasinus. Fabr. Pcntatoma prasinus. Leach. 

 Inhabits woods and ferns on heatlis. 



Genus 271. CYDNUS. Fabr., Leach. Pextatoma. T^tr. 



Bodj/ ovdtc, somewhat orbicular ; anterior margin of tjie thorax nar- 

 rower than the hinder: /;f«(i nearly semicircular : antetince with the 

 second joint longer than tlie third: tibia: spinulose. 



Sp. 1. Ct/d. olcraccus. Brassy dark green; sides of the head and tho- 

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

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

 excepted) and the middle libia^ yellowish. 



Inhabits woods and sandy situations. 



Earn. II. CoreidjE. Leach. 



CoRisiJE II. Lalrcille. 



Antenna: composed of four joints: rostrum with four distinct joints, the 

 fir.st three of nearly an equal length : labru.n very long, striated : 

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

 mersed even to the eves within the thorax. 



