2 HEMIPTERA. 



frequently as long or longer than the whole body. Legs formed 



for walking, either on land or on the surface of the water, but 



never for swimming. 



Cimex, Linn. S. IV.; Scop. Ent. Cam. (1763). 



Cimicides, Lat. Hist. Nat. iii. 240 (1802); Lam. Hist. Nat. iii. 



488 (1816); Zett. Faun. Lapp. i. 459 (1828); Fall. Hem. 



Suec. 1. (1829). 



Rhinostomes & Zoadelges, Dum. Zool Anal. 263 & 265 (1806). 

 Geocorisae, Latr.; Am. Serv. Hem. 14 (1843). 

 Terrestria, Leach, Ed. Enc. ix. 120 (1815). 

 Geocpres,^rm. Handb. ii. 2Q3 (1835). 

 Geoco?ss 'and Amph&icefti&es; Dufour, Reck. (1833). 

 Geocoryzefs" and Amphi&icoriEes, Spinola, Hem. (1837). 

 Auyooprisji, .Westyxwd) Int. ij. 462 (1840). 



^- Geoc. Fenn. xxxvi. (1848). 



Tribe I. SCUTATA. 



Rostrum of 4 joints ; labrum long, reaching beyond the first 

 joint of the rostrum, transversely striated. Antennae of from 

 3-5 joints, inserted on the sides of the head; antenniferous 

 tubercles generally concealed by the margin of the upper surface 

 of the head. Ocelli 2, seldom wanting. Scutellum large, reach- 

 ing at least to the base of the membrane of the elytra. 



Pentatoma, Olivier, Enc. iv. 25 (1789). 



Cimex, Fab. Ent. Syst. iv. (1794). 



Scutellera and Pentatoma, Lam. Syst. (1801); Latr. Gen. iii. 



(1807). 



Pentatomides, Leach, Ed. Enc. ix. 121 (1815). 

 Scutellerites and Pentatomites, Laporte, Hem. (1832). 

 Scutati, Eurm. Handb. ii. 343 (1835). 

 Pentatomites, Spinola, Hem. 260 (1837). 

 Scutelleridae, Westwood, Int. ii. 484 (1840). 

 Longiseuti, Am. fy Serv. Hem. 19 (1843); Sahib. Geoc. Fenn. 



13 (1848). 

 Pentatomidae, Kolen. Mel. iv. (1846). 



* SCUTELLEROIDES. 



Scutellum very large, covering the whole inner margin of the 

 elytra. 



Scutellera, Lam. Syst. 293 (1801); Lat. Gen. iii. 112 (1807) 



Le P. 4r Serv. Enc. x. 409 (1825). 

 Tetyra Fab. Syst Rh. 128 (1803). 

 Thyreocoris, Schrank, Faun. Boica, ii. 69 (1803). 

 Scutellerida, Leach, Ed. Enc. ix. 121 (1815). 



