190 LYG^INA. 



Black and ochreous, dull ; antennce black. 



Head black, clothed with fine, appressed, yellow hairs. Antennce 

 black, 1st joint with fine, short, yellow hairs, the other joints with 

 longer, black hairs. Eijes brown. OceUi red. Bostncm yellowish or 

 brownish ; apex and base black in the (J . 



Tliorax. — Fronotum much narrower in front than the head across 

 the eyes ; sides slightly sinuate ; lateral margins narrow, reflexed, with 

 a black line on the edge ; disk anteriorly black, finely, indistinctly 

 punctured, with fine, appressed, golden hairs ; the posterior portion 

 dull ochreous, more or less obscured, and with distinct, round punc- 

 tures ; the callus at the hinder angles smooth, ochreous, with a black, 

 transverse mark across it, and a yellow spot before it on the margin. 

 ScuteUmn with a deep central furrow and distinct, round punctures; 

 basal frds black, with fine, yellow, appressed hairs; apical 3rd ochreous 

 at the sides, and without hairs. Elytra smooth ; Clavus and Corium 

 dull ochreous, with deep, round, black punctures, closely set together 

 in rows, some of which, on the corium, form 2 long angles whose 

 base is towards and near the posterior margin, the punctures some- 

 times by their confluence forming lines or spots ; anterior margin of 

 the Corhmi clear ochreous, with a brown line on its edge ; posterior 

 margin clear, with a row of black punctures ; Membrane fuscous, the 

 nerves, the base, a broad spot at the inner basal angle, and often spots 

 between the nerves, whitish. Sternum black, with a white gloss or 

 tinge, finely black-punctured. Legs with very fine, short, yellow 

 hairs ; fulcra yellow-brown ; thighs black, apex with a yellow-brown 

 ring ; tibice black or piceous, or the base only dark and the rest 

 yellow-brown or reddish ; generally the 1st pair lighter than the 

 others ; tarsi piceous or black, 1st joint more or less yellow-brown. 



Abdomen black ; on the underside densely clothed with fine yellow 

 pubescence. 



Length, 2 — 2i lines. 



Not scarce in sandy places, under various plants, and also taken 

 by sweeping. Weybridge and Dartford, Kent, August ; Bright- 

 ham pton, Oxon., May (>S'. Stone); Hastings ( — . Somerville). 



Genus 8. — Trapezonotus, Fieb. 



Oval, or long-oval. 



Head convex, short, 5-sided, including tlie eyes not wider than the 

 front of the pronotum ; Face ; central lobe prominent, longer than the 



