242 TINGIDINA. 



SECTION 6. TINGIDINA* 

 FAMILY 1 . -AGRAMMID^E. 



Genus 1. AGRAMMA, Westw. 



(Introd. Mod. Class.) 



Long-oval, convex, without reticulated margins to the pronotum and 

 elytra. 



Head large, convex ; sides from the eyes forward raised in a ridge, 

 which projects in front as a subacute antenniferous process ; Face 

 short, vertical, central lobe prominent, with a deep groove on each 

 side. Antennae stout, inserted in front of the head ; 1st joint short, 

 thickest ; 2nd thick, about -| the length of the 1st ; 3rd thinnest, the 

 base a little thicker than the apex, longer than the 1st and 2nd 

 together ; 4th subfusiform, not -| the length of the 3rd. Eyes large, 

 somewhat flattened, projecting wider than the front of the pronotum. 

 Rostrum thin, 4 jointed, the joints subequal, lying in a deep channel 

 and reaching a little beyond the 1st pair of coxae. 



Thorax. Pronotum subrhomboidal, anterior margin constricted, 

 concave, keeled ; disk highest before the hinder angles, deflected in 

 front and posteriorly, the scutellar process transversely depressed at 

 the base. Elytra longer and wider than the abdomen, with one fine 

 straight nerve towards the sides, the inner margin of one elytron 

 lapping over the other; anterior margin very narrow. Sternmn 

 depressed, the middle with a wide, shallow channel. Legs short, 

 strong ; thighs thickened beyond the base ; tarsi very short, 1st joint 

 thin, 2nd wide. 



Species 1. AGRAMMA L^ETA. 



TINGIS L^ITA, Fall. Hem. Suec. 151, 15 (1829); Germ.Y. Ins. Europ. 



10, t. 14. 

 PIESMA TRICOLOR, Lap. Ess. 48 (1832). 



LJ2TUM, Bvrm. Handb. 257, 1 (1835). 



SERENTHIA L^TA, H. Schf. Wanz. iv, 49, 388 (1839) ; Am. et Serv. Hem. 

 300, 1 (1843). 



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