206 LYG^INA. 



quadrangular. Corium testaceous, posteriorly with a broad 

 piceous band. Legs yellow ; fore thighs black. 



Head strongly punctured, and a deep fovea on the base next the 

 eyes. Antenna; with fine projecting hairs ; anterior i of the 1st and 

 2nd joints yellow. JSges and Ocelli black. Eostrum piceous. 



Thorax. — Pronotwn long, subquadrangular, a little widened pos- 

 teriorly ; anterior portion with strong distant punctures ; disk more 

 finely punctured, the last 3rd with very strong, deep, angulated 

 punctures. Scidellum ; side margins ochreous ; base in the middle 

 finely punctured ; middle smooth, the rest with strong, deep, angu- 

 lated punctu.res. Elytra ; Clavus testaceous, posteriorly piceous, 

 with 3 rows of long, deep, distant punctures ; Corium testaceous, 

 posterior 3rd piceous-black ; inwardly 2 rows of long, deep, distant 

 punctures, outwardly finer punctured ; disk smooth ; Membrane on 

 the base, along the suture, black ; the rest whitish, with a large, un- 

 defined luniile ; or fuscous, with a large whitish spot, and pale next 

 the base. Sternum strongly punctured. Legs finely haired ; thighs ; 

 1st pair black, fulcra and apex yellow ; 2nd and 3rd pairs yellow, 

 sometimes with a brown spot ; tihice yellow, 2nd and 3rd pairs with 

 a few projecting hairs ; tarsi yellow ; apex of the joints, especially the 

 3rd, sometimes brown. 



Abdomen beneath with fine, short, sparse hairs. 



Length, 2 — 2^ lines. 



In sandy places, among grass ; local. Deal, May and August ; 

 Household Heath, near Norwich (Curtis). 



Species 5. — Rhyparochromus antennatus. 



Pachymeuus ANTENNATUs, Sc//ill. Beitr. 76, 18, t. 8, fig. 10 (1829); 



Ha/m, Waiiz. i. 58, t. 9, fig. 35 (1831); 

 H. Schf. Nora. Ent. i, 44 (1835) ; Bohem. 

 Vet. Akad. rorh. 55, 9 (1852). 

 Rhypaeochromtjs antennatus, Sahib. Geoc. Fen. 64, 16 (1848). 

 Pachymerus (Pachymerus) antennatus, Mor, Rhyn. Liv. i, 252, 13 



(1860). 

 Megalonottjs antennatus, Fieh. Eiirop. Hemp. 181, 1 (1861) ; Stat, 



Vet. Akad. Porli. 216, 2 (1862). 



Black, shining ; upper \ of the 1st joint of the antennce and tlie 

 whole of the 2nd j^ellow ; fronotum campanulate, widest in front. 

 Elytra piceous-black, outwardly piceous. Legs yellow. 



