20. 

 PENTATOMA CiEllULEA. 



Order Hemiptera. Fam. Pentatomidae Leach. 



Type of the Genus Cimex rufipes Linn. 



Pbntatoma Ol'w., Lat. Clmex Linn., Fab., tVolff. 



Antennae exserted, inserted under the margin of the head before 

 the eyes, nearly filiform or slightly clavate, longer than the head, 

 articulated, .'i-jointed, the joints varying in length. (4 A. C.) 

 Rostrum inflected, distinctly 4-jointed, the second and third 

 joints rather the longest, terminal joint hairy. (2.) 

 Labrum very long, attenuated, tranvcrsely striated^ received into 

 a canal in the basal joint of the rostrum (3.) ; its natural situa- 

 tion is shown at 3. a. 



Mandibles ^nA\ yy . . ,, u *u„ >„o +..„«, 



nj J, > like setae passing through the rostrum. 



Head trigonate, immersed nearly, or quite up to the eyes in the thorax. 

 Thorax with the anterior margin much narrotccr than the posterior, 

 sometimes produced into a spine on each side. Abdomen ovate, de- 

 pressed, immarginate. Scutellum large, not covering the wings or 

 elytra. Elytra coriaceous, membranaceous at apex, crossing each 

 other horizontally. Posterior Tibiae notched internally. Tarsi 

 3-jointed, middle joint small. (6. a. fore-leg.) 



C^RULEA Linn. Syst. Nat. 2. 722. 50. Fab. Ent. Syst. t. 4. p. 123. 

 n. 166. 

 Cyaneous, sometimes tinged with violaceous or green, shining, 

 punctured. Abdomen very minutely and regularly punctured 3 tips 

 of elytra brunneous. Wings slightly fuscous, iridescent. 



In the Authors and other Cabineis. 



Few Orders, perhaps, present a greater variety of outline, or 

 more beautiful sculpture, than the European Hemijitcra ,- 

 the Coleoptcra and Lejndoptera caiuiot exceed the brilliancy 

 and powerful opposition of colours in many of the Chinese 

 and South American species. With such attractions, there- 

 fore, it is not a little surprising, that in this counti'y they 

 should have been totally disregarded ; and whilst, on the one 

 hand, we have been assisted by Marshaui's Coleoptcra, and on 

 the other by Haworth's L,epidoptera Britannica, we have no 

 guide in this department, except in the rare and incomplete 

 works of our Continental neighbours. Durijig the progress of 



