CORIXID.E. 593 



dilated ; both sides with- long cilia aud strong spinose hairs:, tlie 1st 

 joint 2 or 3 times longer than the 2nd. 



Abdomen flat above, convex beneath ; in the ^J , tlie last 4 segments 

 irregular, unsymmetrical both above and beneath ; in the $ all 

 regular, the posterior margin of the Gth concave above, produced in 

 a slight angle beneath ; connexivum reflexed, gradually widened to 

 the apex. 



Upper surface glossy, not rastrate, punctured. — Spec. 1 — 3. 

 Upper surface shining, ■pronotiim and cictvus rastrate. — Spec. 4 — G. 

 Upper surface shining or dwW, jjronotum, claviis, and coriuiii rastrate. 

 — Spec. 7 — 18. 



Species 1. — Corixa Geoffroyi. 



SiGARA sTiiiATA, Fab. E. S. iv, 60, 2 (179-1); S. E. 101, 2 (1S03) ; 



uou Liii. 

 CoKiXA G£0FPii0Yi, Leacli, Trans. Lin. Soc. xii, 17, 7 (1817); Zett. lus. 



Lap. 281, 1 (1810) ; IT. Schf. Wanz. ix, 52 & 62, 



t. 296, fig. 911 (1850). 



— STKIATA, Full. Hem. Suec. 181, 1 (1829) ; L. Buf. Recli. SI, 1 



(1833). 



— PUNCTATA, Burm. Handb. ii, 186, 1 (1835). 



CoKiSA GEOFriiOYi, Am. et Serv. Hem. 417, 1 (1813) ; Fieb. Spec. Coris. 

 11, 1, t. 1, fig. 1, palffi (1851) ; Walleng. Oefv. xi, 

 112, 1 (1855) ; Fieb. Europ. Hem. 90, 3 (1861). 



— (Coeisa) GEormoii, Flor, Rhyn. Liv. i, 786, 1 (1860). 



Fuscous-black. Fronotiim witli 10 or more, irregular, interrupted, 

 fine, transverse yellow lines. 



Head yellow ; Crown usually more or less brown, the colour for- 

 wards merging into the pale yellow of the face. Eyes black. Eos- 

 tnim ; lahnaii brown. 



Thorax. — Fronolum with 16 or more, irregular, interrupted, very 

 fine, transverse yellow lines. Elytra with distant, fine, long, sub- 

 depressed, yellowish hairs ; very fine, scarcely perceptible, distant 



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