CYDNID.E. 55 



Black, slightly convex, shining, deeply punctured ; the entire exterior 

 margin (except of the head), and a spot on the corium, yel- 

 lowish. 



Head small, coarsely punctured ; Crown rather convex, front de- 

 pressed ; Face ; side lobes much rounded in front, yet leaving the 

 anterior notch very 'wide ; anterior margin a little reflexed. An- 

 tenna : 2nd joint a little shorter than the 3rd ; 5th fusiform, a 

 little longer than the 4th, and as long as the 2nd and 3rd together. 

 Eyes small, not prominent. Ocelli very small, black. Rostrum 

 brown, reaching to the middle COXJE ; 3rd joint as long or longer 

 than the 2nd. ; 



Thorax. Pronotwn gradually narrower to the front, slightly con- 

 vex and anteriorly and posteriorly deflected ; anterior margin very 

 concave ; lateral margins incrassated, yellowish ; posterior margin 

 straight, but rounded abruptly towards the lateral margins. Across 

 the centre of the disk a deep, wide, transverse furrow, which does not 

 extend to the sides ; before and adjoining this furrow a transverse 

 unpunctured space. The punctures are not close together, and are 

 finer on the posterior portion of the disk. Scutellwn: punctures 

 equally fine throughout ; apex concave, almost unpunctured. Elytra : 

 Clavus and Corium with punctures similar to those on the scutel- 

 lum ; nerves smooth. Corium ; the anterior margin incrassated, 

 whitish ; in the centre a somewhat oval, whitish, unpunctured spot ; 

 posterior margin straight ; Memlrane deep brown. Sternum coarsely 

 punctured, with 3 transverse channels, the fore and hinder ones 

 deepest ; Prosternum with a shallow rostral channel. Legs black ; 

 tarsi piceous. 



Abdomen beneath very finely punctured; Connevivum narrow 

 yellowish. 



Length, 3 lines. 



Not common round London ; spring and autumn. 



Species 4. SEHIRUS MORIO. 



CIMEX MORIO, Lin. F. S. 250, 932 (1761) ; S. N. 1, 722, 51 (1767) ; 

 Fab. E. S. iv, 124, 171 (1794) ; Wolf, Ic. Cim. 67, 

 t. 7, Gg. 64 (1801). 



