PLATE 1. 



GENERAL STRUCTURE. 



Fig. A. Upperside (Scutatina). 



1, Head, showing the 3 lobes of the face, 4 antenna; 

 5, pronotum ; 6, elytron ; 7, corium ; 8, clavus ; 9, mem- 

 brane ; 10, scutellum (one half removed) ; 11, wing ; 

 12, abdomen, a -f the 6 abdominal segments ; 13, the 

 genital segments ; 14, the connexivum. 



Fig. A 1. Head upperside, enlarged ; 2, ocellus ; 3, eye. 



Fig. A 2. Head (Capsina), front view ; 1, antenniferous process ; 

 2, central lobe of the face ; 3, crown, the front being the 

 clypeus. 



Fig. A 2#*. Head (Capsina) profile; 1, antenniferous process; 

 ? 2, central lobe of the face ; V 3, crown and clypeus. 



Fig. B. Underside (Scutatina). 



1, Head (rostrum removed) ; 4, prosternum ; 5, meso- 

 sternum ; 6, metasternum ; 7, the orifice of the odoriferous 

 sac ; 8, coxa ; 9, abdomen, a-^f the 6 abdominal seg- 

 ments (the dots are the stigmata) ; 10, the 3 genital 

 segments. 



Fig. B 1. Head underside ; 2, antenniferous tubercle ; 3, the rostral 

 channel, with the rostrum in situ. 



Fig. c. Eostrum. 



Fig. D. Head (Scutatina) in profile ; 1, the antenniferous tubercle. 



Fig. E. Elytron (Capsina) ; 1, cuneus ; 2, clavus ; 3, inner cell, and 4, 

 outer cell, of the membrane. 



Fig. F. Elytron (Anthocorina)\ 1, embolium ; 2, clavus ; 3, cell of the 

 membrane. 



Fig. G. Leg ; 1, fulcrum ; 2, thigh ; 3, tibia ; 4, tarsus of 3 joints, the 

 last bearing the claws and pulvilli. 



