﻿86. 

 ANEURUS L/EVIS. 



Order Hemiptera. Fam. Cimicidae Lat.^ Leach. 

 Type of the Genus Aradus lasvis Fah. 

 Aneurus Nob. Acanthia Fah. Aradus Fab., Lat. 



Antennce inserted before the eyes, near the anterior angles of the 



head, pubescent towards the apex, 4-jointed, 1st joint short oval, 



2nd of same length but less robust, 3rd joint rather longer, 4th 



long, clavate (f. 4). 



Rostrum robust, inflected, shorter than the head, 4-jointed, 1st 



joint broad, short, 2nd pear-shaped, 3rd somewhat obovate, 4th 



very minute (2). 



Mandibles and Maxillce very long, like setae passing through 



the rostrum. 

 Head frigonate, angles acute, anterior ynargin produced in the centre, 

 acuminate. Eyes not very prominent. Neck distinct. Thorax 

 narrowed before. Scutellum semiorbicular. Abdomen very de- 

 pressed, margined, entire, apex more produced in the males than in 

 the females (9). Elytra when at rest covering only the centre of the 

 abdomen, without nerves, scarcely coriaceous, margins membrana- 

 ceous. Wings very small. Legs very short. Thighs and Tibiae 

 simple. Tarsi short, 2-jointed? basal joint minute (6, afore leg). 



L^vis Fab. Ent. Syst. v. 4. p. 73. ??. 25. 



Ferruginous, granulated. Head, thorax, and scutellum black, 

 excepting the acuminated lobe of the former and the posterior 

 angles of the thorax, which are ferruginous. Abdomen granu- 

 lated, with a row of spots down the margins, a line down the 

 centre and one down each side of the body shining. Elytra fus- 

 cous, rather rough, shining, ferruginous at the base. Superior 

 margin dull white. Wings dirty white. 



In the. Author's and other Cabinets. 



Upon an examination of our insect, it was found to be so very 

 different in structure to Aradus, that it was impossible to in- 

 clude it in that genus, which has the 2nd joint of the antennas 

 the longest, a rostrum longer than the head, an elongated 



