76 SCUTATINA. 



coppery-black spots beyond the middle and towards the under side, 

 and two small spots at the apes, one above, the other beneath 5 tihice, 

 at their insertion, with two black dots above and one beneath; 

 tarsi luteous ; 1st and 2nd joints at the tip, and the 3rd wholly, 

 piceous. 



Abdomen convex, above black, beneath coppery-black, punctured 

 finer than the sternum ; Connexivum moderate, of equal breadth 

 throughout ; above and beneath black, with marginal, triangular yel- 

 low spots. 



Length, 3 lines. 



Darenth "Wood, Kent, by sweeping, in June. 



Sjjecies 2. — Eysarcouis ^neus. 



CiMEX ^NEUS, Scop. Ent. Cam. 122, 358 (1763). 



— EUCATUs, Rossi, E. E. 13, 11 (1790). 



— PERLATTJS, Fab. E. S. iv, 125, 177 (1794) ; Wolff, Ic. Cim. 08, t. 7, 



fio-. 65 (1801) ; Fall. Mou. Cim. 50. IS (1807) ; 



Hem. Suec. 32, 18 (1829). 

 Cydnus — Fab. S. E. 187, 15 (1803). 

 Eysakcoris perlatus, Hahii, Wanz. ii, 67, t. 51, fig. 155 (1834). 

 Pentatoma perlatum, //. Schf. Wanz. vii, 93 (1844). 

 Eysarcoris ^neum, Kolen. Mel. Ent. iv, 32, 156 (1840). 

 EusARCORis ^NEUS. Fieb. Europ. Hem. 332, 2 (1861). 



Shining, whitish shaded with dusky or brown, punctured ; pt'onotum 

 in front, with two large subquadrate coppery -black patches ; 

 . scutellum, with a large white nodule at each basal angle. 



Sead coppery-black, rngosely punctured ; Crown with a central 

 whitish line. Antennce : first 3 joints luteous, with a brown line 

 beneath ; ■ith black, the base luteous ; 5th black. Eyes brown. 

 Ocelli small, brown. Sostrum luteous; lahrum and 3rd and 4tli 

 joints brown. 



Thorax. — Fronotum ; sides sinuate, especially towards the poste- 

 rior angles, which are much produced, forming an obtuse point 

 projecting beyond the base of the elytra ; lateral margins whitish, in 

 front a little widened, anterior angles sharp, but not toothed ; disk 

 in front with two large, subquadrate, coppery-black patches, of 

 which the inner angle is bordered by a strong white line, the tri- 

 angular space between the patches and the centre of the disk 

 whitish, posterior and lateral portions of the disk dusky. Scutellum 



