556 EEDIVIXA. 



Head. — Crown ; iu the uiiddle a stout black line from the ocelli to 

 the base of the face ; sides black before and behind the eyes ; Face ; 

 central lobe at the sides narrowly black. Antennce ; 1st joint 

 shorter than the head ; 1st 3 joints yellow-brown, 3rd at the apex, 

 and 4:t\\ and 5th entirely, piceous-blaek. Eyes pieeous. Ocelli red- 

 brown, shining. Eostrum yellow-brown, apex black. 



Thorax. — Pronotum ; the 1st jrds gradually widened behind tlie 

 annulus, yellow-brown, the centre with a broad black line (some- 

 times not extending to the front) ; sides sometimes black ; the pos- 

 terior 3rd suddenly much and roundly widened, convex, more or less 

 suffused with fuscous, the central line fine, brown, sometimes on each 

 side of it a pale line ; posterior margin slightly concave. ScufeUiim 

 black, sides ochreous or yellow. Elytra; Clavus v^iih. a black spot 

 at the apex ; Corium ; nerves somewhat pale, with 2 small black 

 spots on the 1st, the 1st spot beyond the middle, the other at the 

 end ; meinbrane-suture with a black spot near the apex of the 

 corium ; Jlenihrane pale, with fuscous nerves ; the nerves of the 

 3 midtUe cells do not reach the base, and from each of the 2 middle 

 nerves proceed a side nerve, longitudinal, but not extending to the 

 end of the cells, that in the 1st cell longest. Sternum black, sides, 

 outside the coxne, with a broad yellow stripe ; Prosternum in front and 

 around the coxte yellow, the middle with a black spot. Legs with 

 fine pale hairs; thighs with longitudinal rows of brown or black 

 spots on the 1st and 2nd pairs beneath, forming fine transverse 

 lines; tihice ; on the 1st and 2ud pairs, the small teeth beneath 

 black ; tarsi brownish-yellow, apex of the 3rd joint, and claws, 

 black. 



AlJomcn above, black ; beneath yellow or ochreous, with a central 

 narrow line and the sides broadly black ; Connexivum ochreous. 



Length, 34 Hnes. 



Common among grass under bushes in autumn, winter, and 

 spring. 



