﻿685. 

 TETYRA FULIGINOSA. 



Order Hemiptera. Fam. Pentatomidae. 



Type of the Genus, Cimex maurus Linn. 



Tetyra Fab., Leach, Curt. — Scutellera Lat. — Cimex Linn., Fab. 

 AntenncB as long as the head and thorax, inserted under but re- 

 mote from the eyes and close to the anterior margin of the 

 pectus ; clavate and 5 -jointed, basal joint elongate and clavate, 

 3 following scarcely so long, 2nd and 3rd slender, 4th and 5th 

 stout and pubescent, the latter twice as long as the 4th (4). 

 Labrum long slender and attenuated, transversely sulcated (3). 

 Labium long horny hoUow and 4-jointed, basal joint the stout- 

 est, oblong, 2nd twice as long but slenderer, 3rd shorter than 

 the 1st, 4th about the same length, a little attenuated, rounded 

 and hairy at the apex (2*). 

 Rostrum long, received into a groove beneath the head, and reaching 

 to the hinder coxa (2). Head large, trigonate-ovate, the sides sharp, 

 immersed to the Eyes, which are small, lateral, prominent and sub- 

 reniform : ocelli 2, placed near the base of the head, remote from 

 the eyes (1* the head in profile). Thorax transverse, subellij)tic, 

 being truncated and narrowed before and behind, the sides forming 2 

 rounded angles : scutellum very large, as broad as the thorax, semi- 

 ovate, convex, not covering the margins of the abdomen, but extend- 

 ing to the apex. Elytra and wings concealed beneath the scutel, 

 the former as long as the body, with a small portion of the base cori- 

 aceous, the remainder dilated rounded and membranous, with nu- 

 merous faint nervures at the apex (9) .- the latter rather shorter, but 

 ample, with several nervures radiating from the base (*). Abdomen 

 nearly orbicular, the margins thin. Legs rather short, hinder thighs 

 the longest : tibiae with minute spines, hinder the longest and spiny 

 only inside : tarsi equal, short and triarticulate, pubescent beneath, 

 basal joint clavate, 2nd very short somewhat obovate, Brd as long as 

 the 1st and stouter : claws simple, pulvilli small (6, afore leg). 



FuLiGiNosA Lin7i. — Curt. Guide, Gen. 1134. 4. 



Piceous, thickly and minutely punctured, clothed with short 

 coarse hairs ; antennae brown Mdth the basal joint as long as 

 the 5th, 3rd rather the shortest ; head with 2 furrows down the 

 front : thorax with a notch on each side towards the base, the 

 hinder half ochreous spotted with brown, with a narrow ochre- 

 ous line down the centre, an impression across the middle join- 

 ing a deep channel down each side, disjointed at the centre, 

 where there is a little fovea ; scutel ochreous, with brown punc- 

 tures and irregular marks, leaving a light line down the middle, 

 which divides a triangular piceous spot at the base, and an orbi- 

 cular dead black one towards the apex, on each side at the base 

 is a black streak and a similar one at the centre ; sides of the 

 abdomen black spotted with ochre ; coxae, trochanters and tarsi 

 dull ochreous, the latter inclining to brown. 



The disagreeable appellation which has been given to this 

 tribe of insects, associated as it is with the House-bug, renders 

 them by no means favourites with most of us; nevertheless they 



