536 REDUVINA. 



Species 1. — Ploiaria erratica. 



? CiMEX cuLiciFORMis, De G. Mem. iii, 323, 4, t. 17, figs. 1— S (1773). 

 Gerkis euraticus, Fall. Mou. Cim. 117, 6 (1807); Hem. Suec. 164, 2 



(1829) ; Bimn. Haiidb. ii, 221, 2 (1835) ; H. Schf. 



Waiiz. ix, 118 (1850). 

 Ploeauia erratica, Fieb. Europ. Hem. 149, 2 (ISGl). 



AntenncB and legs witliout Lairs. 



ir<9«df yellowisTi-fuscous, with very short, whitish, appressed hairs; 

 the hinder I darker, with a black line on the side. Antennce naked, 

 black-brown ; 1st joint with several white rings. Eyes black. Eos- 

 trum yellowish, 1st joint, middle of the 2nd, and base of the 3rd, 

 blackish. 



Thorax. — Pronotum yellowish-fuscous, the sides with a darker line 

 growing paler posteriorly, the incrassated sides of the anterior part 

 very stout ; side and posterior margins and the hinder angles whitish ; 

 posterior margin straight. SciiteUum brown, apical spine yellow ; 

 basal nodule fuscous, the end of its spine whitish. Elytra fuscous, 

 nerves white ; the prolongation of the Corium on the anterior margin 

 yellowish, with a long black spot at the end ; Ilemhrane tesselated 

 black and white. Sternum piceous. Legs dark brown, with broad 

 white rings, except towards the end of the t'lbice. 



Abdomen above, dai'k piceous ; Connexiviim yellowish, on the 

 anterior \ of each segment paler, on the posterior \ blackish : 

 underside deep piceous, the middle and sides yellowish ; stigmata 

 prominent, white. 



Length, 2 lines. 



In thatch in autumn, not scarce. The larva, according to Bur- 

 meister, covers itself with dust. 



Species 2. — Ploiaria vagabunda. 



CiMEX VAGABTJNDUs, Lin. F. S. 972 (1761) ; S. N. 732, 119 (1767). 

 ? — cuLiciroRMis, Be 0. Mem. iii, 323, 41, t. 17, figs. 1—8 (1773). 

 Ploiaria vagabunda, Scop. Del. Flor. et Faun. lusubr. t. 25, fig. 

 (17S5-S). 



