﻿174. 

 COREUS SCAPHA. 



Order Hemiptera. Fam. Coreidae Leach. Corisiae Lat. 



Type of the Genus Cimex marginatus Linn. 

 CoREUS Fab., fVolff., Lat., Fall., Panz. — Cimex Linn., Geoff. 



AntenncB inserted at the anterior angles of the head, remote, longer 

 than the thorax, 4-jointed, geniculated, basal joint robust, pris- 

 matic or cylindric, 2nd and 3rd rather slender, nearly equal in 

 length, 4th shorter, thicker, conical pilose (fig. 4). 

 Labrum very long and slender towards the apex which is acu- 

 minated (3). 



Mandibles and Maxillce like setse passing through the rostrum. 



Rostrum m^ected, as long as the thorax (2) ; distinctly 4-jointed, 



1st and 2nd joints the longest, 3rd and 4th of nearly equal 



length (2*). 



Head subquadrate, spined in front, neck not apparent. Eyes lateral, 



small prominent. Ocelli 2, placed near the base of the head (f 1, 



the head in profile). Thorax not broader than the head anteriorly, 



more than twice as broad at the base, sides angulated. Scutellum 



triangular not large. Elytra not covering the abdomen, posterior 



portion membranous. Wings shorter than the Abdomen u-hich is 



depressed or concave, broader than the thorax, the sides dilated, very 



thin, and elevated; apex truncated in the males, emarginate having 



2 or more lobes in the females (5). Thighs sometimes producing 



short spines and grooved beneath. Tibiae simple, posterior rather the 



longest. Tarsi 3-jointed, basal joint the longest, 2nd small. Claws 



and Pulvilli small (6, afore leg). 



ScAPHA Fab. Ent. Syst. v. A. p. 127. n. 2. 



Granulated and punctured, ochraceous, some inclining to cas- 

 taneous others to cinereous. Head producing a spine in the 

 centre, and a pale ochre one at each angle, the sides being 

 margined with the same colour. Thorax with the lateral mar- 

 gins and an obscure line down the centre pale ochre, the posterior 

 angles notched. Elytra spotted or clouded with castaneous, the 

 margin at the base ochraceous, the membrane bronzed ; sides of 

 the abdomen reflexed, the edges, 5 spots down each side and 

 3 at the apex pale ochre. Antennae with the basal joint robust 

 and cylindric, granulated, rosy ochre, the internal side fuscous, 

 2nd joint rufous, 3rd and 4th black, the former rufous at the base. 

 Legs pale, the thighs maculated with dark fuscous, the tibiae 

 spotted with black ; tarsi subferruginous, terminal joint black. 

 Beneath pale dirty ochre clouded with cinereous and spotted 

 with black. 



In the Author's Cabinet. 



