﻿701. 

 MIRIS TRITICI. 



Order Hemiptera. Fam. Coreidae. 



Tyi^e of the Genus, Cimex dolabratus Linn. 

 MiRis Fab., Lat., Hahn., Curt. — Lygseus Wolff. — Stenodema De 

 Lap. — Lopus Hahn. — Cimex Linn. 



Antenna as long or longer than the body, inserted before the 

 eyes, towards the base of the clypeus, remote, setaceous, pu- 

 bescent and 4-jointed, basal joints parallel, stoutest, especially 

 in the female, contracted at the base, longer than the head, 2nd 

 capillary thrice as long, 3rd slender and about half as long as 

 the 2nd, 4th the slenderest, not longer than the 1st (4), 

 Labrum elongated, tapering, hairy outside (3). 

 Mandibles and Maxillce very slender. 



Labium inflected, reaching to the hinder coxse, pubescent, 4- 

 jointed, basal joint very stout, not longer than the head, the 

 remainder slender, 2nd as long as the 1st, the others a Uttle 

 shorter, the terminal one tapering at the apex (2). 

 Head rhomboidal, small, the front triangular : eyes small, lateral, very 

 prominent, ovate: ocelli none. Thorax elongate-trigonate, being 

 narroived and truncated before, the base broad ivith the angles rounded; 

 scutel tolerably large and triangular. Abdomen flat and margined 

 above, convex beneath with a long suture in the female to receive the 

 ovipositor. Elytra not much broader than the base of the thorax, 

 very long and linear, extending beyond the abdomen in the males, some- 

 times much shorter in the females, nervures fexc, stigma elongated, 

 a long elliptical cell at the base of the membrane. Wings ample in 

 the males, lobed at the base, larger than the elytra, loith a large cos- 

 tal cell and 4 simple nervures. Legs, hinder very long: thighs long, 

 especially the hinder : tibiae as long but slenderer : tarsi triarticu- 

 late, basal joint the longest and stoutest, 2nd rather shorter than the 

 third : claws slender and simple (6) . 



Tritici Kirby }—Curt. Guide, Gen. 1099. 8. 



Male. Head and thorax sulphureous variegated with slate black, 

 the latter with 2 black stripes divided by a narrow line, with 2 

 black lines outside inclosing 2 sHght tubercles before the middle, 

 scutel slate-colour, with the edges and a line down the middle 

 sulphureous : abdomen slate-black, elytra with the costa sul- 

 phureous-green, the interior portion brown, the membrane fus- 

 cous : wings iridescent, nervures brown : antennae ferruginous, 

 fuscous towards the apex, with a blackish stripe outside the 

 basal joint, which is hairy : legs ferruginous-ochre ; thighs pale 

 towards the base : tibiae hairy. 



In the Author's and other Cabinets. 



MiRis is distinguished by its long slender setaceous antennae, 

 with the basal joint elongated, stout and porrected horizontally; 



