﻿704. 

 ^LIA ACUMINATA. 



Order Hemiptera. Fam. Pentatomidae. 



Type of the Genus, Cimex acuminatus Linn. 

 JEiIjIA. Fab., Lat., De Lap., Hahn., Curt. — Cimex Linn. &c. 



AntenncB inserted under the head, on each side of the rostrum 

 and somewhat before the eyes, as long as the head and thorax, 

 slightly clavate, pubescent, and 5 -jointed, 2 basal joints elon- 

 gated, of equal length, 1st stouter than the 2nd which is very 

 slender, 3rd twice as long, slender but clavate, 4th and 5th 

 stouter, slightly compressed, a little longer than the 3rd, at least 

 the latter joint (4). 



Labrum very long and slender, linear and pointed (3). 

 Labium just reaching the hinder coxae, 4-jointed, basal joint 

 short and stoutish, 2nd twice as long, 3rd a little shorter than 

 the 1st, 4th about the same length (2). 

 Head large, conical or elongate-trig onate (I, the profile), the apex 

 rounded and emarginate, with a winged groove beneath to receive the 

 rostrum (1* the underside) : eyes small, globose and prominent, placed 

 on each side of the head near to the base : ocelli 2, on the crown of 

 the head close to the margin of the thorax, but remote from the eyes, 

 minute. Thorax twice as broad as the head towards the base which 

 is convex, somewhat trigonate-truncate , anterior angles prominent, 

 posterior truncated: antepectus deeply grooved: scutel large, as 

 long as the thorax but not broader than the head, elongate-trigonate, 

 the apex rounded. Abdomen as broad as the base of the thorax, 

 ovate. Elytra completely covering the body, horny, the apex mem- 

 branous and transparent, with 2 very obscure nervures : wings as 

 long and twice as broad (9), very delicate, with a horny costal ner- 

 vure reaching to the middle, and several fine longitudinal nervures, 

 2 of them horny at the base also. Legs rather short, hinder the 

 longest as well as the thighs, which are slightly curved in that pair : 

 tibiae simple with short spines at the apex : tarsi short, bristly be- 

 neath, triarticulate, basal joint the longest and stoutest, 2nd small, 

 Zrd shorter than the \st, ovate : claws and pulvilli simple. 



Acuminata Linn. — Curt. Guide, Gen. 1129. 1. 



Ochreous with a dull greenish tinge, thickly and strongly punc- 

 tured : antennae ferruginous, except at the base : eyes black : a 

 brownish line on each side of the head, and a wedge-shaped 

 stripe down the centre punctured with black, continued down 

 the thorax and gradually dilating, brown, excepting an ochreous 

 ridge down the centre ; a brown stripe on each side not touch- 

 ing the lateral margins : scutel with an ochreous line down the 

 middle and a short one on each side : elytra pale ochreous green, 

 excepting the costa : back of abdomen bronzed-black, excepting 

 the margins and an ochreous line at the apex : tarsi with the 

 joints brown at the tips. 



