124 COREINA. 



strong cross nerve distant from the base of the membrane, where a 

 wide space is left, crossed by 2 or 3 nerves only, near the inner 

 margin. Sternum with a deep, rounded rostral channel, ending in a 

 deeper fovea on the mesosternum. Legs rather short ; thighs gra- 

 dually thickened towards the apex ; tarsi; 1st joint as long as the 

 other 2 together. 



Abdomen above flat, beneath convex ; the last segment posteriorly 

 cut out for the genital segments roundly in the ^ , angularly in 

 the $ , as in Coreus, but the angles are not so pointed. Connexivum 

 broad, rounded, reflexed, extending upwards beyond the elytra. 

 Genital segments as in Coreus. 



Species 1. PSEUDOPHLCEUS FALLNI. 



CORETJS FALLENII, Schill Beitr. 46, t. i, fig. 2 (1829). 

 ABENOCOEIS FALLENII, HaAn, Wanz. ii, 112, fig. 192 (1834). 

 ATRACTUS LITERATUS, Curt. B. E. x, pi. 500 (1834). 

 PSEUDOPHLCEUS FALLENII, Burm. Handb. ii, 308, 4, 1 (1835). 



FALLENI, Fieb. Europ. Hem. 217, 138, 1 (1861) ; S&al, 



K. Yet. Akad. Forh. 267, 1 (1862). 



Varies in colour from pale ochreous-gray to chocolate-brown, very 

 slightly shining. 



Head with 3 rows of strong granulations, 1 central, and 1 before 

 each of the ocelli. Antenna ; 1st joint light or dark brown, more 

 coarsely granulated than the others; 2nd and 3rd yellowish or 

 reddish-brown ; 4th black, the last frds gray, with shining ap- 

 pressed pile. Eyes, Ocelli, and Rostrum, piceous. 



Thorax. Pronotum very deflected, in front depressed ; sides very 

 concave, suddenly raised and widened posteriorly, the margins strongly 

 granulated ; disk with 2 central, hindwardly diverging, broad rows of 

 large, whitish granulose nodules, with a deep furrow between them, 

 in which, at the front, and also on the exterior of the rows, is a 

 black spot ; the rest of the disk strongly punctured and granulated ; 

 posterior portion coloured darkest, behind the ridge generally 

 piceous or black. Scutellum ochreous or brown, the base depressed, 

 black in most cases ; the apex raised into a small, obtuse double point, 

 which is often black. Elytra ; Clavus strongly, widely punctured ; 

 Corium strongly, widely punctured in rows ; the strong, raised 

 nerves of the ground colour, with short black streaks ; between 

 two nervures on the middle of the posterior margin a longish, pale 



