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PLATE CXXXV.

CIMEX SPISSICORNIS,Hemiptera .

GENERIC CHARACTER.

Antennas longer than the thorax. Thorax margined. In eachfoot three joints.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER

AND

STNONTMS.

Antennas very large. Head, thorax, and shells, pale blackishbrown. Feet yellow.

Cimex SPISCICGRNIS : oblongus niger, pedibus flavis, antennisincrassatis. Fabri. Gen. Inf. Mant. p.300.— Sp. Inf. 2. 207. p. 372.

Die borstenhornige Wanze, Panz. Inf. Germ.

The singular structure of the antennæ of this minute Infect, re-commends it to particular notice. They are nearly as long as thebody, and in the thickest part are very bulky; hence it has receivedl he specific name Spiflicornis, or large horned Cimex.

' It is not uncommon in summer; flies amongst bushes or lowherbage in the day time: the lower wings are of a very beautifulpurple colour, and give a blackish hue to the outer wings when

folded