88 SCUTATINA. 



FAMILY 8. ASOPIDJE. 



Genus 1. ZICRONA, Am. et Serv. 



Head small, subquadrangular, forwardly narrowed ; front straight ; 

 side lobes inwardly raised, apex outwardly rounded; central lobe 

 as long as the side lobes, strongly denned ; posterior half raised, 

 anterior half depressed ; Crown a little convex. Antennce moderate, 

 inserted on short stout tubercles before the eyes ; 1st joint short ; 

 2nd a little longer than either the 3rd, 4th, or 5th, which in length 

 are subequal. Eyes moderate, prominent. Ocelli small, distant. 

 Rostrum reaching beyond the 2nd pair of coxae, stout ; basal joint 

 broad ; rostral channel very short and shallow. 



Thorax. Pronotum a little convex, hexagonal, almost trapezoidal, 

 the binder sides being short and much deflected ; anterior margin 

 deeply concave, angles acute ; sides nearly straight ; hinder angles 

 raised, obtuse ; posterior margin straight. Scutellum sub triangular, 

 about half as long as the abdomen ; sides sinuate, beyond the middle 

 nearly straight and parallel ; apex broadly rounded. Elytra : Corimn 

 posteriorily deflected ; anterior and posterior margins rounded ; Mem- 

 brane with 6 or 7 long nerves. Sternum : Prosternwm on each side 

 with deep, transverse channel; Mesosternum with a slight keel. 

 Legs : fore tibice beneath, with a fine, acute spine ; tarsi strong ; 1st 

 joint as long as the other two, 2nd short. 



Abdomen, beneath convex ; Connexivum moderate, recurved. 



Species 1. ZICRONA CCERULEA. 



CIMEX CODKTJLEUS, Lin. P. S. 250, 933 (1761) ; S. N. 1, 722, 50 (1767) ; 

 De G. Mem. iii, 268, 11 (1773) ; Rossi, P. E. ii, 

 237, 1314 (1790); Fab. E. S. iv, 123, 166 (1794); 

 S. R. 178, 119 (1803); Schrk. P. B. ii, 76, iv 

 (1801) ; Wolff, Ic. Cim. 18, t. 2, fig. 18 (1800) ; 

 Panz. 1\ G. 32, 14 ; Fall. Mon. Cim. 50, 17 (1807) ; 

 Hem. Suec. 32, 17 (1826). 



PEHTATOMA CCERULEUM, Curt. B. E. i, 20 (1824) ; Hah*, Wanz. ii, 65, t. 

 56, fig. 154 (1834) ; II. Schf. Norn. Ent.i, 56 

 & 92 (1835). 



