﻿741. 

 TINGIS OXYACANTH.E. 



Order Hemiptera. Fam. Cimicidae. 



Type of the Genus, Cimex Cardui Linn. 

 TiNGis Fah., Fall., Lap., Curt. — Acanthia Fab., Wolff. — Catoplatus 

 Spin. — Monanthia Lepel. et Serv., Halin. — Cimex Linn. 

 Antenna inserted in front of the head, before the eyes, not re- 

 mote, generallj'^ shorter than the thorax, clavate, pubescent and 

 4-iointed, basal joint short, pear-shaped, 2nd shorter, obovate, 

 3rd very long, linear or a little clavate, 4th much shorter, 

 stouter, eUiptic-ovate (4). 

 Lahrum short and concealed. 

 Mandibles and Maxillce setiform. 



Labium about the length of the antennae, almost reaching the 

 hinder coxae, inserted in a deep channel under the head (2), 

 rather slender and 4-jointed, basal joint the stoutest, elongated, 

 2nd the longest, 3rd the shortest, 4th as long as the 1st, the 

 apex slightly conical (2*). 

 Body depressed, surrounded by a membranous margin. Head small, 

 subtrigonate, tvith 2 vertical plates beneath, forming a large channel 

 for the rostrum (1 the profile) : eyes prominent, lateral, subovate, 

 granulated ; ocelli none. Thorax trigonate-ovate, narrowed and 

 slightly hood-shaped before, the sides with dilated margins, 3 ridges 

 down the back ; the hinder portion scutiform and triangular conceal- 

 ing the scutel. Elytra entirely coriaceous, reticulated, subelUptic 

 with an elevated nervure forming an ovate-lanceolate space on the 

 disc, margins inflected : wings ample, with a few longitudinal and 

 one oblique nervure (9 a) . Abdomen entirely concealed. Legs 

 simple and rather short : thighs long, slender at the base : tibiae 

 slender, hinder waved (6t) •• tarsi short, biarticulate , basal joint very 

 small, 2nd long and clavate : claws bent. 



OxYACANTH^ Curt. Guidc, Gen. 1087, 8. 



Ochreous with darker clouds : antennae fulvous, 4th joint black, 

 excepting the base : head black with a cleft spine in front and 3 

 short ridges on the crown, ochreous : thorax punctured, with 

 a narrow hood before to receive the head, with a small black 

 space behind, the centre much dilated and gibbose ; hinder por- 

 tion very much elongated and triangular ; 3 parallel carinse down 

 the back, central one the longest, with a black spot on the disc : 

 sides rounded, incrassated, forming a broad margin, with large 

 nearly circular reticulations or pits : elytra dilated at the middle, 

 pitted, becoming reticulated at the apex, which is brownish, as 

 well as a band across the centre, the obhque lines dividing the 

 membrane elevated and united to 2 others parallel to the margin, 

 which has large reticulations and is diaphanous, excepting where 

 the brown bar crosses : legs ferruginous, tips of tarsi black : 

 underside variegated with black. 



/« the Cabinets of Mr. Dale and the Author. , 



