CLASS V. INSECTA. 
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Stirp s 2 . — Scutellum not covering the wings or elytra. 
Genus 269. /ELIA. Fair., Leach. 
Bvdy ovate : thorax with the anterior margin much narrower than the 
hinder : head longer than broad : antenna with the second joint not 
longer than the third, their base covered by the lateral margins of 
the head. 
®P- 1. JEl. acuminata. Pale-yellowish, longitudinally lineated with fus- 
cous, impressed-punctate ; a fuscous band running down the mid- 
dle of the back divided by a whitish line; last joint of the antenna; 
red. 
Gimex acuminatus. Linn. /Elia acuminata. Fair., Leach. Fentatoiae 
acuminatum. Lair. 
Inhabits grassy places : is rare in Britain. 
Genus 270, PENTATOMA. Oliv., Lutr., Leach. Cm ex. Fair., 
Wolff. 
ovate : thorax with the anterior margin much narrower than the 
hinder: head with nearly equal diameters. 
®P-1. Pent. Helens. Body griseous above; thorax with a lengthened 
spine on each side behind. 
Giniex bidens. Fabr. Pentatoma bidens. Latr., Leach. 
Inhabits Europe. 
*P- 2. Pent, prasinus. Green above; hinder angles of the thorax with- 
out spines. 
Cimex prasinus. Fabr. Pentatoma prasinus. Leac’u 
Inhabits woods and ferns on heaths. 
Genus 271. CYDNUS. Fair., Leach. Pentatoma. Latr. 
ovate, somewhat orbicular ; anterior margin of the thorax nar- 
rower than the hinder: head nearly semicircular : antenna, with the 
second joint longer than the third: tibia: spinulose. 
*P- 1. Ci/d. oleraceus. Brassy dark green; sides of the head and tho- 
rax with a longitudinal line, on the latter red ; outer margin of the 
e iytra a spot on each, and the apex of the elytra red ; thighs (apex 
excepted) and the middle tibia- yellowish. 
Inhabits woods and sandy situations. 
Earn. II. Coreid.*. Leach. 
Gonrsi* II. Latrcille. 
■Antenna composed of four joints : rostrum with four distinct joints, the 
%*t three of nearly an equal length: labrum very long, striated; 
tarsi with three distinct joints, the first elongate: head trigouate, im- 
mersed even to the eyes within the thorax. 
