230 HEMIPTERA. 



Cimex lobulatus, Ramb. Faun. And. ii. 120. 5 (1841 ?). 

 Sciocoris lunatus, Kolen. Mel. Ent. iv. 31. 154 (1846). 

 a. S. of France. 



Genus 16. CCENUS, n. g. 



Head rather longer than broad, narrowed in front, with the 

 apex rounded, the central lobe reaching the anterior margin. 

 Eyes rather prominent ; ocelli small, distant, but not placed very 

 close to the eyes. Antennae not longer than the head and thorax, 

 of five joints ; basal joint shortest, not reaching the apex of the 

 head ; second joint shorter than the third, which is a little longer 

 than the fourth ; fifth joint longest. Rostrum inserted towards 

 the apex of the head and reaching the posterior coxae; basal 

 joint not reaching the base of the head ; second joint longest, 

 longer than the third and fourth together; third and fourth 

 joints about equal, shorter than the first. Body ovate, rather 

 convex. Thorax with the lateral margins smooth, the lateral 

 angles unarmed. Scutellum reaching beyond the middle of the 

 abdomen, rather wider at the base than at the apex, which how- 

 ever is broad and rounded. Coriaceous portion of the elytra with 

 the inner half of the apical margin running parallel with the mar- 

 gin of the scutellum, the outer half abruptly transverse ; mem- 

 brane with the nervures reticulated, forming two or three large 

 irregular cells towards the base and numerous small ones at the 

 apex. Abdomen very convex beneath, unarmed at the base. 

 Sternum unarmed. Legs moderate; tibiae somewhat spinous; 

 tarsi of three joints, basal joint as long as the two others to- 

 gether. 



1. CCENUS tarsalis, n. s. PL VIII. fig. 6. 



C. testaceus, nigro-punctatus ; tibiis albidis, spinulis nigris ; tarsis 

 fuscis ; antennis fusco-ferrugineis, articulo apicali nigro. 

 Long. lin. 4J. 



Testaceous, above rather thickly punctured with black, be- 

 neath very thickly and finely punctured with brown. Head with 

 a longitudinal impunctate line down the centre. Membrane 

 brownish, semitransparent, with brown nervures. Stigmata black. 

 Thighs testaceous, covered with brown points ; tibiae white, with 

 the spines black ; tarsi brown. Rostrum testaceous, with the 1 

 black. Antennae brownish red, with the apical joint black. 



Genus 17- MASSOCEPHALUS, n. g. 



Jlead very large and broad, at least half the size of the tho- 

 rax, with the apex very broad and rounded ; central lobe nearly 



