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nished with a furrow into which the margin of the wing-cover fits 

 when n< 1'he antem. five-jointed except in the 



.iiul /'</, . the distal tin 



aally united let threads. 



erally black or very dark brown. The\ 



found burrowing in sandy places, or on the sur >and 



beneath -ticks and 31 I the roots of grass and other herb- 



A Eui i to suck the sap from various plants 



and. It is desirable that further observations be made 



upon the habits of this family. 



Family XXXV. G )RiMi:i..KMD^.* 



This family is represented in our fauna by a single genus. 



They are mostly black, beetle-like in appi 



some have a bluish or greenish tinge, and all are very convex. The 

 form of the body is similar to that seen in the next family. It is 

 short, broad, and very convex, in fact almost hemispherical. The 

 scutellum is very convex, and covers nearly the whole of the 

 abdomen. At the base of the scutellum there is on each su: 

 short furrow into which the edge of the wing-cover fits when at r 



This character allies this family to the two preceding. 

 and separates it from the following. These in- 

 infest various plants ; and often injure raspber 

 and other fruit, by imparting a disagreeable, bed-1 



'dor to them. F*ig. 188 represents C^riinchcna 

 '""'" titnij somewhat enlarged; this is a common and widely 



distributed speei 



lly XXXVI. SCUTELI 



The Scutellerid.. .ble in the form of their body the pre- 



ceding family. They are turtle-shaped bugs; that is. the body is 



I, and very convex. The scute-Hum is very larg< 



ing nearly the whole of the abdomen. The lateral margin of the 

 scutellum is not furnished with a groove for receiving I i of 



the wing cover, as is the case in the three preceding families. The 



Corimeh-cnidae, Corimcla-na : coris (KoutC), bug ; rnelas (ue\a<i\ black. 

 Scutellfiridae, Scutfillera : scutclla, little plate. 



