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PLATE CCCLXXV, 



CIMEX VENATOR. 



FAWN-COLOURED CLOVER BUG, 



, HEMIPTERA. 



GENERIC CHARACTER, 



Snout inflefted : antennae longer than the thorax : wings four^ folded 

 crofs-wife^ anterior part of the upper pair coriaceous : back flat: thorax 

 margined : legs formed for running. 



* Section Coreus. Thorax Jpinous, body oblong, fiat and de- 

 preffed: antenna of four articulations, the exterior joint diftinftly 

 ovate. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



SYNONYMS. 



Thorax obtufely fpined, obfcure grey : beneath yellowifli : antennas 

 and legs ferruginous. 



Cimex vbnator : thorace obtufe fpinofo obfcure grifeus fubtus 

 flavefcens antennis pedibufque ferrugineis. Fabr. 

 Ent, Syjl. T. 4. p. T28. 4, 



We once met with the two fexes of this uncommon fpecies of 

 Cimex crawling on a bed of clover, in a fniall field on one fide of 

 Darent Wood^ near Dartford, in Kent. It has occurred likewife to 

 our obfervation in Surrey^ and in the maritime parts of South Wales^ 



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