Plate XLII. fig. 1. 5.
ORDER: Hemiptera. SUBORDER: Heteroptera. SECTION: Geocorisa. FAMILY:
Scutati, _Burmeister._
GENUS. SCUTELLERA, _Latreille_, _Burmeister_. Tetyra, _Fabr._ Cimex.
_Linn._
SCUTELLERA DRURÆI. Supra rufa, capite, pronoti maculis duabus, scutelli
fasciis duabus irregularibus maculisque duabus subapicalibus nigris.
(Long. Corp. 7½ lin.)
SYN. Cimex Druræi, _Linn. Mant._ 534. _Fabr. Ent. Syst._ 4. 83. 13.
_Syst. Rhyng._ 132. 17. (Tetyra D.) _Sulzer Hist. Ins. t._ 10. _f._ 5.
HABITAT: China (_Drury_). America (_Fabricius_, incorrectly).
Head black and small. Antennæ rather longer than the thorax, black,
5-jointed, the two basal joints being shortest. Thorax convex, and
slightly margined at the sides; of a fine scarlet colour, with two black
spots thereon; somewhat oval, but the outline forming with the head an
obtuse angle, the points on the sides being cut off. Wings defended by a
thick scaly scutellum, which is very convex and smooth, without any
suture, entirely covering the abdomen and extending to the anus, of a
scarlet colour, with two broad, black, indented and irregular bars
crossing it; one next the thorax which is broadest, and on which are two
small scarlet spots; the other placed just below the middle, and seeming
to be composed of four spots united together; beneath this are two small
black spots, nearly round, situated near the anus. Fig. _a_. represents
one of the hemelytra, which when at rest are concealed beneath the
scutellum, having the basal portion or corium strong, thick, and opake;
and the terminal portion beyond the transverse rib membranaceous. The
wing at _b_. is very thin and membranaceous; being more transparent than
the hemelytra. Abdomen scarlet, with an oblong black spot at the anus,
and four others on each side joining to the edge. The breast appears in a
strong light of a deep mazarine blue, almost black. Legs, the same. The
proboscis is also blue, lying close to the breast, and extending to the
beginning of the abdomen.