LOPID.E. 475 



Sjjecies 1. — Lopus gothicus. 



CiMEX gotiiictjS, Liu. F. S. 966 (1761 ) ; Scop. Ent. Carn. 131, 381 (1 763); 



Lbt. S. N. 726, 72 (1767) ; Schrank, Eiium. 2S3, 515 



(17S1) ; Fab. Mantiss. ii, 305, 271 (17S7). 

 Lyg.eus — Wolff, Ic. Cim. 33, tab. 4, «£?. 33 (ISOO). 

 Cafsus — Fab. S. E. 2M, 20 (1803); Tanz. F. G. 92, 15 



(1805) ; Fall. Hem. Suec. i, 117, 4 (1829). 

 Lopus — Hahn, Wanz. i, 12, fig. 5 (1831) ; Meyer, Caps. 41, 5 



(1843); Kolen. Mel. £ut. ii, 100, 73 (1845); 



Eirschb. Caps. 37, 14 (1855); Fieb. Europ. Hem. 



266, 3 (1861). 

 Phytocoius gothicus Burm. Handb. ii, 271, 22 (1835). 

 Capsus (Capsus) gothicus, Flor, Rhyn, Liv. i, 479, 7 (1860). 



Black, clothed with long, erect, black hairs. Thiglis entirely black. 



Head. — Crown with a yellowish-white, or orange-red spot between 

 and close to the eyes. CJypeus ; side lobes generally brownish-red. 

 AntenncE ; 1st and 2nd joints with long erect black hairs. 



TJiorax. — Pronotum ; sides narrowly red, sometimes reaching as 

 far as tlie hinder angles. Scutellum ; hinder portion red ; base, and 

 frequently a streak across the disk, next the transverse channel, and 

 angles, black. Coriitm shagreened ; anterior margin whitish, yellow- 

 ish or orange-red, the apex frequently narrowly dusky or black ; 

 Cuiieus yellowish-white, orange-yellow, or orange-red ; apex, inner 

 margin, and inner basal angle, black ; Jlemhraiie black, between the 

 apex of the cuneus and the inner cell-nerve narrowly pale ; inner 

 marginal and cell-nerves piceous. Stermom : Prosternum ; yellowish 

 or orange-yellow, narrowly margined with black ; xyphus yellowish, 

 or yellowish-white, sides narrowly black ; Meso- and Metasternum 

 black. Legs ; 1st pair of coxse pale at the apex ; fulcra and thighs 

 black, the latter clothed with long, erect, black hairs ; tibioe black, or 

 pitchy black ; in the latter case the apex darker, clothed with long, 

 fine, erect black hairs ; tarsi and claws black. 



Ahdomen of the ^ black, sides of the segments with a reddish 

 spot ; ? sides of the segments more or less broadly reddish or 

 orange-yellow. 



Length, 2^ — 3 lines. 



This insect has occurred at Coombe, and also in the New Porest, 

 in June {Dr. Power). 



