Plate XL. fig. 2.
ORDER: Hemiptera. SUBORDER: Heteroptera. SECTION: Geocorisa. FAMILY:
Longilabres, _Latr._ Scutati, _Burm._
GENUS. PHLOEA, _St. Farg. & Serv., Lap._ Cimex, _Drury_. Phloeocoris,
_Burmeister_.
PHLOEA 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.
(Phloea c.) _Burmeister Rh._ 2. 371. 1. (Phloeocoris c.) _Guérin Icon. R.
An. Ins._ 55. _f._ 5.
Phloea 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.