142 COREINA. 



oclireous. Scutellum black or brown, finely punctured, the apex 

 whitish. Elytra; Cormm c6\.o\xrediYikei\iQ Pro7iotum, the punctures 

 slightly larger ; Membrane fuscous brown, with dark, irregular spots 

 between the nerves. Sternum black, finely punctured. Legs ; coxes 

 yellow ; thighs finely haired ; in the 1st pair the base, in the 2nd pair 

 the basal half, in the 3rd pair more than the basal half, yellow ; 

 tihi(B yellow, except the base and apex, which are black ; with short, 

 black hairs in rows, stronger and more projecting than those on the 

 thighs ; ta7'si black, thickly haired beneath. 



Abdomen, above, blood-red, the base and apex black : Connexivum 

 above and beneath black, with a yellow spot on the anterior margin 

 of each segment. Underside black. 



Length, 5 — 6-|- lines. 



Not common. Among EivjyJiorhium, on the coasts of Devon, in 

 September {Stainton). 



Sjjecies 2. — Stenocephalus neglectus. 



Stenocephalus neglecttjs, H.Schf. Wanz. iii, 55, t. S9, fig. 272 (1S3G); 



Fieb. Europ. Hem. 223, 145, 2 (1S61). 



In colour almost identical with S. agilis, but this is a more slender 

 and delicate-looking insect ; the sides are more parallel, the an- 

 tenncs thinner and longer, and the membrane of the elytra unthoat 

 spots. 



Length, 5 — 5| lines. 



Eare : Coasts of Devon. 



Family 5.— ALYDIDtE. 

 Genus 1. — Alydus, Fab. 



Narrow, elongate, the sides parallel. 



Head thick, very convex above and beneath ; Croivn nearly as 

 broad as the front of the pronotum, but constricted behind the eyes 

 into a short neck ; the antenniferous processes, short, small, the ends 



