﻿500. 

 ATRACTUS LITERATUS. 



Order Hemiptera. Fam. Coreidae. 



Type of the Genus, Atractus literatus. 

 Atkactus ? De Lap. — Coreus Fall., Ahr. 



Antenme attached to two shoulders, considerably before the 

 eyes, longer than the head and thorax, scabrous, cajjitate and 

 G-jointed ?, basal joint short stout and subovate, 2nd and 3rd 

 slender, the former shorter than the 1st, the latter equal in 

 length to all the others, 4th minute, cup-shaped, the remainder 

 forming an ovate conic mass as long as the 1st joint, divided 

 by a suture at the middle but apparently not articulated, the 

 apical portion pubescent (4). 

 • Labrum very long and slender. 



Labium shorter than the antennee, extending in a groove beneath 

 to the base of the intermediate coxae, composed of 4 joints, tvv^o 

 first of nearly equal length, t3rd and 4th shorter (2). 

 Head convex above, subovate, the sides notched to receive the antennae, 

 the portion between them produced somewhat conically : eyes lateral, 

 small, globose and prominent : ocelli 2, rather large, remote and 

 placed at the back part of the crown (1, the head in profile, 1* 

 underside of same). Thorax trapezate, not broader than the head 

 before : scutellum not large, triangular and acute. Abdomen broader 

 than the thorax, ovate, fiat above, the margins dilated and a little 

 refiexed. Elytra not covering the margin of the abdomen, the base 

 coriaceous, with 3 longitudinal nervures furcate at the apex ; the 

 apical half membranous, with numerous ramified nervures : wings 

 shorter, ovate and transparent, with a few longitudinal nervures and 

 a small discoidal cell. Legs scabrous, rather short ; posterior the 

 longest : tibiae slightly clavate and pectinated at the apex : tarsi rather 

 short, triarticulate, basal joint the longest, especially in the hinder 

 pair, 2nd obtrigonate, a little smaller than the Zrd which is obovate : 

 claws and pulvilli small (6, afore leg). 



Literatus Curt. MS S. — Guide, Gen. 1127*. 



In the Cabinets of Mr. Raddon and the Author. 



From the characters given by M. De Laporte in his Essay on 

 the Hemiptera, I believe our insect belongs to his Genus 

 Atractus, and on comparing it with Coreus (pi. 17 i), the 



