122 COREINA. 



Species 1. — Spathocera Dalmani. 



CoKEUS Dalmani, Schill. Beitr. 41, 5, t. 1, fig. 1 (1S29). 

 Arenocokis Dalmannii, Halm, Wanz. ii, 112, t. 64 fig. 193 (1834). 

 PsEUDOFHLCEUs Dalmanni, Biirm. Handb. ii, 308, 2 (1835). 

 Spathoceea Dalmani, Sieiji, Berl. Eiit. Zeits., iy, 254, 1 (1860) ; Stat, 

 K. Vet. Akad. Fdrii. 205, 1 (1862). 

 — Dahlmanni, Fieb. Europ. Hem. 216, 2 (1861). 



Varies in colour from dull oclireous-brown to fuscous-brown, but 

 always with the sides of the pronohim whitish. 



Head. — Crown with 4 rows of very short, stout spines, and a single 

 similar spine behind each eye. Antennce ; 1st joint generally dark 

 brown ; 2nd and 3rd dull ochreous, the latter black at the apex ; 

 4th black, the hairs at the apex whitish. Eyes dark brown, shining. 

 Ocelli reddish-brown, shining. Rostrum piceous ; the raised sides 

 of the rostral channel ochreous. 



Thorax. — Pronotum in the centre ochreous, fuscous in front and 

 behind ; the side margins thickly set with whitish granulations, the 

 white colour extending the whole length of the sides, but diminishing 

 to a narrow line at the rounding of the posterior angles ; on the disk 

 a slight central keel extending from the anterior margin half way 

 up, and on each side of it a longer, higher, and broader ridge, with 

 a deep furrow between them. Scutellum ; the concave base semi- 

 circularly black, divided by a raised ochreous line, the remainder 

 ochreous or fuscous. Elytra; Clavus finely punctured in rows; 

 Corium very finely granulated, unicolorous, or in light coloured 

 examples with darker spots, and generally a short whitish line on 

 the middle of the hinder margin ; Memhrane fuscous, with darker 

 nerves. Sternum ochreous, clouded with brown at the sides, and 

 black in the centre. JLeys ; thighs brown and ochreous, mixed ; 

 tihice ochreous, with 3 faint, narrow rings and the apex brown ; tarsi; 

 1st joint ochreous ; 2ud and 3rd black. 



Abdomen above reddish or fuscous ; Connexivum reddish-brown, 

 with a lighter spot at the junction of the segments. Underside 

 reddish or fuscous brown, the posterior margins of tlie segments 

 pale, spotted with black. 



Length, 3 lines. 



Rare. Hitherto captured in England only by us, at Weybridge, 

 Surrey, under moss, on a sandy hillock, late in August, 18G3 ; and 

 by Dr. Power, at the same place, in May, 1864. 



