Genus. Phlœa, St. Farg. & Serv., Lap. Cimex, Drury. Phlœocoris, Burmeister.
Phlœa Corticata. Supra grisea, tuberculis multis rufo-fuscis subnitidis adspersa, subtus nigra appendiculis marginalibus griseis, laciniis capitis convergentibus. (Long. Corp. 11 lin.)
Syn. Cimex corticatus, Drury, App. vol. 2. Laporte Hemipt. p. 56. (Phlœa c.) Burmeister Rh. 2. 371. 1. (Phlœocoris c.) Guérin Icon. R. An. Ins. 55. f. 5.
Phlœa cassidoides, St. F. & Serv. Enc. Méth. 10. p. 111.
Aradus laminatus, Kirby & Spence Introd. to Ent. 3. 617. & 718.
Habitat: Brazil.
Body exceedingly thin and flat in proportion to its breadth. Head triangular. Antennæ about one-fourth the length of the insect; the extremities being a little thicker than the other parts. Eyes small and round. Rostrum extending to the middle of the abdomen. All the parts exhibited in the plate are of a sandy olive colour, and serve as a shield or covering to the thorax, abdomen, legs, &c. which are hid beneath it. Scutellum large and triangular. Hemelytra entirely opaque and small, not covering the abdomen by a considerable space. Wings membranous. Legs smooth and dappled.
SCOLIA FLAVIFRONS?
Plate [XL]. fig. 3.
Order: Hymenoptera. Section: Fossores. Family: Scoliidæ.