THE FAUNA OF SCOTLAND. 91 



Genus : KLEDITOMA. 

 Kkditoma, Westwood, Mag. Nat. Hist. vi. 



1. K. BUEVicoRNis, TJioms. 

 Kleditoma hrcvicorms, Thorns., Oef. 1861, 400. 

 Clober, Thornhill, Dumfries, New Galloway. 

 Bonar Bridge. 



2. K. NIGRA, Thorns. 

 Cothonaspis niger, Htg. , Germ. Zeit. ii. 201 , 11. 

 Kleditoma nigra, Thomson, Oef. 1861, 339, 10. 

 Dairy. 



3. K. TETRATOMA, Thoms. 

 Kleditoma tetratoma, Thomson, Oef. 1867, 399, 8. 

 Cambuslang, Bishopton, Lochlibo, near Paisley. 

 Carruber Glen. 



4. K. PENTATOMA, ThoiUS. 



Kkditoma pentatoma, Thomson, Oef. 1861, 398. 

 Mugdock, Gadder, Dumfries. 



5. K. ALBiPENNis, Thorns. 

 Kleditoma alUpennis, Thomson, Oef. 1861 , 399. 

 Clober, Dumfries. 



6. K. STRIATA, .sp. nov. 



Black ; legs testaceous, the coxae black ; trochanters piceous ; femora 

 (especially the posterior) blackish in the middle ; wings hyaline ; 

 nervures piceous-black ; antennae three-fourths of the length of the 

 body and head together ; first joint more than double the length of 

 second ; third nearly double the length of fourth ; fourth — ninth 

 longer than broad, transverse, not thickened towards the apex; the 

 club 4-jointed, not abruptly separated, its basal joint being scarcely 

 one-half wider than the ninth, and narrower than the second, which 

 is more ovate and shorter than the twelfth ; the thirteenth not much 

 longer than the twelfth. Mesonotura semi-opaque ; scutellum large, 

 its sides strongly longitudinally striated ; the cup longish ovate, 

 the base more acutely pointed than the apex ; metapleurae pilose, 

 opaque, aciculate; two stout keels (diverging slightly towards the 

 apex) run down the metanotum; hair fringe on base of abdomen 

 large, griseous. 



Length 2 mm. 



This species clearly comes very near to K. dolichocera, Thoms. ; but 

 that species differs from it in having the tenth joint of the antennae 



