HEMIPTERA 393 



body is short, broad, and very convex. The scutelliim is very large, 



covering nearly the whole of the abdomen. The 



lateral margins of the scutellimi are not furnished 



with grooves for receiving the edges of the hemelytra 



as is the case in the two preceding families. The 



tibiae are smooth or furnished with small spines. 



Figure 458 represents Eurygaster alterndtus somewhat 



enlarged, and serves to illustrate the typical form of 



members of this family. 



The family is represented in this country by Fig. 458. — Eury- 

 fourteen genera including twenty-six species. I have gaster altema- 

 met no account of any of our species occurring in ^"•^" 

 sufficient numbers to be of economic importance. 



