54 SCUTATINA. 



pilose ; 2nd aud 3rd joints in length subequal, larger than the 

 1st ; 4th and 5th snbequal in length and breadth, but longer and 

 thicker than the 2nd and 3rd. Eyes rounded, rather prominent. 

 Ocelli very small, red. Bostmm piceous, reaching to the middle 

 coxa), 3rd joint larger than the 2nd ; the rostral channel shallow. 



Thorax. — Pronotum transTerse, quadrangular, gradually rounded 

 to tlie front, slightly convex, anteriorly and posteriorly deflected ; 

 anterior margin very concave : lateral margins narrowly incrassated, 

 yellowish ; posterior margin gradually rounded. Across the centre 

 of the disk is a shallow, transverse furrow, each end (which does not 

 extend to the side) being much deeper ; before and adjoining this 

 furrow is a transverse, smooth, unpunetured space, narrow in the 

 middle, vv^ider at the ends, extending almost to the anterior angles 

 of the pronotum. Scutellum : the sides of the apex incrassated 

 aud, with the deflected portion, unpunetured. Elytra : Corium ; 

 tlie punctures closer than those on the pronotum and scutellum ; the 

 anterior margin incrassated, slightly reflexed, yellowish ; posterior 

 margin slightly sinuate ; Memhrane fuscous. Sternum finely punc- 

 tured : Prosterniim ; the rostral channel shallow. Legs and tarsi 

 black. 



Ahdomen beneath very convex, delicately punctured ; Connexfviim 

 spotted with yellowish. 



Length, 2\ — 3 lines. 



Uncommon. Pangbourne {TVollastoii) ; Portland (Dale). 



iSjjecies 3. — Sehirus biguttatus. 



CmEX BIGUTTATUS, Lin. r. S. 250, 935 (1761 ) ; S. N. i, 722, 51 (1767) ; 

 Scop. Eut. Cam. 122, 356 (1763) : Fad. E. S. iv, 

 122, 161 (1791); S. E. 178, 116 (1S03) ; 

 Fauz. E. G. 32, 13. 



CYD^'US — FalL Mou. Cim. 53, 3 (1S07) ; Hem. Succ. 19, 

 3 (1829) ; Ila/uf, Wauz. i, 169, t. 26, fig. 88 

 (1831) ; Zett. Fauu. Ins. Lap. 1, 161, 2 (1832) ; 

 Ins. Lap. 258, 2 (ISIO); Burm. Handb. ii, 

 374, 3 (1S35); £olen. Mel. Ent. iv, 65, 193 

 (1846) ; Flor, Rhyii. Liv. i, 162, 6 (1860). 



Teitomegas — Jm. ct Serv. Hem. 98, 2 (1813) ; Suldb. Gcoc. 

 Ecn. 22, 2 (1818). 



Sehieus — Ficb. Europ. licui. 367, 1 (186]). 



