62 SCUTATINA. 



in length ; 4th and 5th of equal length, each longer than the 2nd. 

 Eyes small, rounded, prominent. Ocelli small, distant. Rostrum 

 reaching to the 3rd pair of coxae, very wide beyond the base ; 2nd 

 joint long, 3rd and 4th very short, of equal length ; the sides of the 

 rostral channel a little produced and rounded in front. 



Thorax. Pronotwn transverse, subquadrangular, very slightly 

 convex, in front wider than the head, straight behind the head, but 

 with the anterior angles suddenly produced and then cut off straight 

 behind the eyes ; sides produced into a thin plate, almost straight, 

 but gradually narrower, and rounded towards the obtuse anterior 

 angles ; posterior margin nearly straight, but towards the hinder angles 

 broadly rounded, the angles themselves acute ; posteriorly the disk 

 is raised, especially within the hinder angles. Scutellum half the 

 length of the abdomen, slightly convex, subtriangular, at the base 

 much narrower than the abdomen, apex broadly rounded ; in the 

 centre an indistinct keel. Elytra : Coriwn ; all the margins rounded ; 

 Membrane with 5 long nerves. Sternum with a shallow rostral 

 channel and 2 deep transverse channels for the fore and middle 

 thighs. Legs short, strong ; tilice, outer side flat, the margins den- 

 tate; tarsi strong, 1st and 3rd joints of equal length, 2nd very 

 short. 



Abdomen convex beneath; Connexivum very broad, not covered 

 by the elytra. 



Species 1. SCIOCORIS TERREUS. 



CIMEX TERREUS, Schrk. Faun. Boic. sp. 1109 (1801). 



UMBRINUS, Wolff, Ic. Cim. 142, 1. 14, fig. 136 (1804) ; Panz. F. G. 



93, 15. 



CYDNUS Fall. Mon. Cim. 54, 5 (1807). 



SCIOCORIS Fall. Hem. Suec. 21, 1 (1829) ; Hahn, Wanz. 1, 

 195, t. 31, fig. 100 (1831) ; H. Sch. Norn. Ent. 1, 

 55 & 91 (1835); Burm. Handb. ii, 373, 5 

 (1835); Ramb. Faun. And. ii, 120, 4 (1842); 

 Am. et Serv. Hem. 120, 1 (1843); Sahib. Geoc. 

 Fen. 23, 1 (1848) ; Fieb. Europ. Hem. 358, ,10 

 (1861). 



UMBRINA, Flor, Rhyn. Liv. i, 111, 1 (1860). 

 TERREUS, Fieb. Europ. Hem. 361, 18 (1861). 



Dull, pale luteous, more or less shaded with brown, thickly covered 

 with fine black punctures. 



