LYGiEINA. 165 



Pyrrhocobis APTEErs, Curt. B. E. x, fig. 465 (1833) ; Burm. Handb. 

 ii, 2S6, 12 (1835); Am. et Sen. Hdm. 2G9, 

 1 (1843) ; Ilor, Rhyn. Liv. i, 212, 1 (1860) ; 

 Tieh. Europ. Hem. 163, 3 (1861). 



Black and scarlet, dull or slightly shining. 



Head black, finely erenate-punctate. Antennce black. Eyes black, 

 or with a brown ring round the base. Bostrum black. 



Thorax. — Pronotum ; on the 1st | a broad, transverse, quadran- 

 gular, convex, smooth, black spot, deeply punctured in front ; joined 

 to this posteriorly two, broad, quadrate, deeply and rather widely 

 punctured black spots, divided from each other by a fine red line ; 

 all the rest of the pronotum scarlet, with strong, distant punctures, 

 Scutellum black, very finely erenate-punctate. Elytra; Clavus black 

 with strong irregular punctures ; Corm;« with fine distant punctures, 

 scarlet ; near the base and clavus a small oval spot, and beyond the 

 middle a large round spot, black ; Membrane (according to Fieber) 

 smoke-brown, the nerves deep brown. Sternum black, the margins 

 of each segment and a large spot at the base of the coxae scarlet. 

 Z(?y.9 black ; tilics and tarsi finely haired. 



Ahdomen above black, the base and the posterior margin of the 

 6th segment more or less red. Connexivum above and beneath 

 scarlet. Underside black, smooth; the posterior margin of the 6th 

 segment broadly scarlet. Oenital segments black ; in the ^ the 2ud 

 segment red. 



Length, ^ 3— 3| , ? 4— 4| lines. 



Local. Torquay and Teignmouth, Devon ; Beccles, Suffolk 

 (^Curtis). 



Section ^.—LYGJBINA.* 

 Family 1.— RHYPAROCHROMID^. 



Genus 1. — Gastrodes, Wedw. 



(Introd. Mod. Classif. ii, Synops. 122 (1840.) 

 Oval, flat. 



Mead convex, long, 5-sided ; Crown quadrangular ; antenniferous 

 processes short, deflected ; Eace long, triangular ; central lobe long, 



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