68 SCUTATINA. 



FAMILY 5. 



Genus 1. J^LIA, Fab. 



Head triangular, elongated, curved, thick. Antennae slender, flat- 

 tened ; tubercles small, appressed, inserted near, but anterior to each 

 eye, pointing obliquely inwards. Eyes round, small, but rather 

 prominent. Ocelli very small, distant. Rostrum long, slender, 2nd 

 joint the longest, 3rd and 4th of about equal length, shorter than the 

 first ; rostral channel deep, wide in front, the sides much produced. 



Thorax. Pronotum hexagonal, convex, hinder sides short, much 

 rounded. Scutellum more than half the length of the abdomen, but 

 not nearly so wide, sides slightly sinuate, end rounded. Elytra: 

 Corium with the posterior margin rounded ; Membrane with 7 long 

 nerves. Sternum with a rostral channel ; Prosternum on each side 

 with a shallow transverse channel ; the anterior margin is divided 

 in the centre, and produced into 2 thin plates over the base of the 

 head, forming a channel for the antennse when at rest. Legs mode- 

 rate ; thighs compressed ; tibia outwardly flattened, the margins 

 reflexed ; tarsi ; 1st joint longer and stouter than the 3rd ; 2nd joint 

 shortest. 



Abdomen ovate, convex beneath ; Connexivum horizontal, narrow, 

 a little wider on the 6th segment. The genital segments in the $ are 

 not visible on the upper side, but in the ? they project beyond the 

 last abdominal segment, the posterior margin of the last being nearly 

 straight. 



Species 1. ^ELIA ACUMINATA. 



CIMEX ACUMINATUS, Lin. F. S. 251, 939 (1761); S. N. 1, 723, 59 



(1767). 

 -ZEuA ACUMINATA, Curt. B. E. xv, pi. 704 (1838). 



NEGLECTA, Vail. Cat. Hem. 1, 223, 3 (1851). 



PALLIDA, Kust. Stett. Ent. Zeit. 13, 394, 4 (1852) ; Ffar, Rhyn. 

 Liv. i, 121, 2 (1860) ; Fieb. Europ. Hem. 352, 5 (1861). 



Elliptic, narrow and pointed in front, flavous or ochreous, with a 

 green tinge, thickly and finely black-punctured, and down the 

 centre of the insect a black stripe, gradually widening as far as 



