ARADID-E. 269 



Aneurus l^vis, Curt. B. E. ii, fig. S6 (1S25) ; Burm. Handb. ii, 253, 1 

 (1835)-; Am. et S^rv. Hem. 307, 1 (1843); H. Schf. 

 Wanz. ix, 141, t. 310, fig. 951 (1850); Kolen. Mel. 

 Ent. vi, 25, 228 (1857); Flor, Rhyn. Liv. i, 397, 1 

 (1860); Fieb. Europ. Hem. 116 (1861). 



Aradus AVENius, L. Diif. Hech. 54, 1, t. 4, fig. 36 (1833). 



Black-brown. 



Head finely granulated ; central lobe of face red-brown ; neck 

 smooth. AntenncB finely granulated ; 1st 3 joints, and sometimes 

 the 4th, red-brown. 



Thorax. — Pronotum on the anterior margin finely granulated ; 

 behind the anterior margin the 1st 3rd with deep punctures alter- 

 nating -with smooth rounded spaces, the remainder of the disk finely 

 crenate-punctate, the posterior angles red-brown. Scutellum ybtj 

 finely, transversely crenate. JElytra ; Corium as a red-brown, trian- 

 gular piece at the base ; Membrane smoke-brown, darker on the an- 

 terior side, delicately reticulated, the cell and furrow whitish. 

 Sternum, black, delicately crenate-punctate. Legs red-brown, finely 

 granulated. 



Abdomen red-brown ; Connexivum, on each segment, above, 1, be- 

 neath 8 small nodules. 



Length, 2 — 2^ lines. 



Not rare ; gregarious under dead bark, especially of fir trees, in 

 spring and summer. 



Family 2.— ARADID^. 



Genus 1. — Aradus, Fab. 



Oval, flat, the whole upper and under surface, antennoe, elytra, and 

 legs granvdated. 

 Sead horizontal, 4-sided, longer than broad, widest in front, pro- 

 duced behind the eyes, then suddenly narrowed to a short neck ; 

 Face ; central lobe very long, projecting beyond the 1st joint of the 

 antennae, convex, deep, rounded at the end, the sides concealing the 

 small side lobes ; antenniferous processes wide, terminated by a 

 long, pointed spine on the outer side. Antennce usually thick, in- 

 serted on the inner side of the process, the length of the joints 

 varying in difierent species ; 2nd longest ; 4th with the apex conical, 



