92 SCUTATINA. 



broad, rounded. Elytra: Corium ; anterior and posterior margins 

 a little rounded ; Membrane with 7 nerves. Sternum ; on each 

 side an oblique, transverse channel across the pro- and mesosternum ; 

 Mesostermm with a slight keel. Legs : t'lbice outwardly flat, the 

 fore' pair widened at the end, the outer margins reflexed ; on the 

 underside a fine, acute spine; tarsi hairy beneath; 1st joint broad, 

 as long as 2nd and 3rd together. 



Abdomen semi-elliptic, convex beneath; Connexivum broad, ex- 

 tending beyond the elytra. 



8j)ecies 1. — Rhacognathus punctatus. 



CiMEX PUNCTATUS, Zw. S. N. i, 720, 34 (1767); De G. Mem. iii, 269, 



11(1773); Fab. E. S. iv, 95, 62 (1791); S. R. 



157, 12 (1S03) ; Wolff, Ic. Cim. 179, t. 18, fig. 



173 (1811) ; Full. Mou. Cim. 45, 6 (1807); Hem. 



Suec. 25, 6 (1826) ; Zett. Jus. Lap. 1, 259, 5 (1810). 

 Eysahcokis punctatus, Hahn, Wauz. ii, 69, t. 51, fig. 157 (1831). 

 Pentatoma punctatum, H. Sch. Nom. Eut. i, 56 & 93 (1835). 

 Asopus punctatus, Burm. Handb. ii, 378, 2 (1835) ; //. Schf. Wanz. vii, 



112 (1811). 

 Asopus (Zicrona) punctatus, Flo)\ Rliyn. Liv. i, 91, 2 (1860). 

 Rhacognathus punctatus, Fieb. Europ. Hem. 317. 



Luteous, more or less obscured with fine black punctures, sometimes 

 altogether dark, with a greenish tinge ; beneath luteous, black- 

 punctured, or black. 



Mead bronzy or black ; Face ; central lobe a little raised at the 

 base and depressed in front. Antennce black, the extremities of the 

 2ud and 3rd joints narrowly yellow. Eyes brown. Ocelli red. 

 Eostrum piceous. 



Thorajc. — Pronotii/in ; in the centre a narrow, longitudinal, yellow 

 line ; in pale examples the front and sides black, the lateral margins 

 yellow. Scutellitiji ; base rather convex, outer margin depressed ; 

 just within the basal angles a deep fovea ; down tlie centre a slight 

 indication of a keel. Sternum luteous, black-punctured, the sides 

 black. Legs: coxce yellow; thighs black above, yellow at the base 

 and beneath ; tihice black, with a broad yellow ring iu the centre ; 

 tarsi black. 



