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Gereis vagabuxNdus, Fab. E. S. iv, 192, 19 (1794); S.R. 262,9 (1803); ~ 



fFolff, Ic. Cim. 203, 197, t. 20, fig. 197 (1804) ; 



Full. Mou. Cim. 117, 5 (1807); Hem. Suec. 



1G3, 1 (1S29); Burm. Handb. ii, 224, 1 (1835) ; 



H. Schf. Wanz. ix, 117, t. 305, fig. 941 (1850) ; 



Flor, Rhyii. Liv. i, 689, 1 (1S60). 

 Plceaeia vagabuxda, Am. et Serv. Hem. 397, 1 (1843). 

 Ploeakia erkatica, SaMb. Geoc. Feu. 149, 1 (1848) ; Fieb. Europ. Hem. 

 150, 4(1861). 



AnfenncE and le^s with fine long hairs. 



Head pale yellowish, with whitish hairs, base and sides black, the 

 posterior portion divided longitudinally into 2 lobes ; the anterior 

 portion similarly divided, with a small point between the lobes in 

 front. AntenncB dark brown, 1st and 2nd joints with wide white 

 rings and very fine, projecting, black hairs, which are long on the 

 1st, gradually shorter on the 2nd. Eijes black. Bostrum yellowish ; 

 a black spot on the sides at the base ; apex piceous. 



Thorax. — 'Pronotum pale yellowish, the raised sides of the central 

 longitudinal furrow, diverging to the hinder angles, whitish ; the 

 incrassation on the anterior portion blackish, not very prominent, 

 but with a cavity on the inner side, the margin of which is whitish ; 

 side margins sinuate, just before the hinder angles very prominent, 

 the angles themselves being retracted; posterior margin slightly 

 concave. Scutellum yellowish, apical spine white ; basal nodule 

 fuscous, black posteriorly, spine whitish. JElytra fuscous, tesselated 

 with white ; nerves whitish ; anterior margin white, with 2 conspi- 

 cuous, distant, black spots. Sternum; Prosternum whitish, the 

 middle yellowish, with a black line on each side ; Meso- and Meta- 

 sternum black, the middle dull yellowish. Legs whitish, with narrow, 

 fuscous-black rings ; thi(/hs and basal ^ of the tibics with long, fine, 

 projecting, black hairs ; tibi(^ towards the end, and the claws, fus- 

 cous-brown. 



Abdomen brown, beneath yellowish-brown, black at the base and 

 apex ; stigmata yellow ; Connexivum yellow. 



Length, 2| — 3 lines. 



Taken occasionally by beating hedges, &c. ; abundant at Lee, in 

 ivy, in September. 



