410 CIMICJD^. 



Family CIMICID^. 



Ocelli absent; elytra short and broad, the broad abdomen 

 being uncovered ; head short and broad ; rostrum contained in a 

 groove beneath the head ; tarsi three-jointed. 



Genus CIMEX. 



Cimex, sect, c, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. 10, i, p. 441 (1758) ; Latr. Gen. 



iii, p. 136 (1807) ; Stal, En. Hem. iii, p. 103 (1873). 

 Acanthia, Fabr. Sijst. Rhyng. p. 112 (1803). 

 Klinophilos, Kirh. Entomologist, 1899, p. 219. 



Type, C lectularius, Linn. 



Distribution. Universal. 



Head longer than the medial part of the pronotum, considerably 

 exserted ; apical joints of antennte slender ; pronotum anteriorly 

 strongly sinuate, anterior angles considerably produced ; elytra 

 rudimentary, transverse, broader than long ; legs slender, femora 

 moderately incrassate, tibiae straight, anterior tibiae three times or 

 more than twice as long as the tarsi, posterior tibiae three times as 

 long as tarsi ; body short, pilose, lateral margins longly setose. 



1354. Cimex lectularius, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. 10, i, p. 441 (1758) ; 



Stal, En. Hem. iii, p. 104 (1873) ; Smmd. Hem. Het. Brit. 



Isld. p. 186 (1892). 

 Acanthia lectularia, Fieh. Eur. Hem. p. 135 (1861). 

 Klinophilos lectularius, Kirk. Entomologist, 1899, p. 220. 



Eeddish-brovvn or brownish-yellow, strongly and thickly punctate, 

 sparingly finely pilose ; head with the eyes prominent ; antennae 

 with the first and second joints stoutest, third and fourth very 

 slender and finely pilose, first joint short, second and third sub- 

 equal in length ; pronotum with the anterior margin deeply 

 sinuate, its lateral margins dilated, I'ounded, and outwardly longly 

 pilose, the disk moderately glabrous and tumid ; scutellum very 

 short and broad ; elytra transverse, short, strongly punctate, about 

 twice as wide as long ; abdomen finely punctate, connexivum a 

 little reflexed ; legs ochraceous. 



Length 5 to 6 miUim. 



Hah. Ceylon (Gh-een), and throughout British India. — This 

 insect is recorded from all parts of the world, and is everywhere 

 a disgusting and hated human parasite. 



" It was known to Aristotle as occurring in the Mediterranean 

 Eegion in his time ; but I believe the earliest recorded date of its 

 having been observed in England is 1503." (W. F. Kirhy.) 



