﻿481. 

 LYGyEUS EQUESTRIS. 



Order Hemiptera. Fam. Coreida?. 



Type of the Genus, Cimex Equestris Linn. 

 LvGiEus Fab., LaP. — Corizus Fall. ? Curt. — Coreus Fall. — Cimex 

 Linn. 



AntenncB inserted in a notch considerably before the eyes, half 

 as long as the insect, scarcely clavate, pubescent and 6-jointed, 

 basal joint stout and oblong, 2nd the longest clavate, 3rd and 

 5th minute cup-shaped, 4th and 6th shorter than the 2nd, the 

 latter subfusiform (4). 



Labrum longer than the basal joint of the labium, very slender 

 and setaceous (3). 



Mandibles and Maxillae long and slender. 



Labium bent under the breast, as long as the antennae, composed 

 of 4 joints of nearly equal length, slightly attenuated to the 

 apex (2). 

 Head trigonate immersed to the Eyes ivhich are lateral small and pro- 

 minent. Ocelli 2, remote, and close to the eyes (1). Thorax tra- 

 peziform : scutellum triangular, not large. Abdomen sub elliptical, 

 concave above, convex beneath. Elytra ample membranous and cross- 

 ing at the apex ivhen at rest, with several longittidinal but very few 

 transveise nervures (9). Wings ample with strong nervures. Legs 

 simple and very similar : thighs rather stouter than the tibiee, which 

 are a little incrassuted at the apex : tarsi triarticulate, basal joint 

 the longest, Ind the shortest. Claws curved : pulvUli minute (6, a 

 fore leg). 



Equestris Linn. — Curt. Guide, Gen. 1124", 2. 



Scarlet : head and thorax black, excepting a lozenge-shaped 

 scarlet spot on the crown of the former, and a band across the 

 latter of the same colour, leaving a bilobed spot before and the 

 base as Avell as the scutellum black. Elytra when at rest with 

 2 black spots close to the apex of the scutellum and an irregular 

 fascia of the same colour across the middle ; membrane brown, 

 the edges Avhitish, with a white triangular spot at the middle, a 

 large round one in the centre, and a triangular one on each side. 

 "Wings fuscous iridescent. Abdomen with 5 black spots on each 

 lateral margin, 3 on each side the belly, and the apex antennae 

 and legs black also. 



In the Cabinets of the British Museum and Mr. Johnson. 



For the loan of this beautiful insect I am indebted to Mr. E. 

 A. Johnson : it was taken amongst some cabbages in a garden 

 at Camden Town last summer : those in the Museum I believe 

 were from the neighbourhood of Bristol, and I understand 

 that Mr. Hope has a British specimen. It is nuich attached 

 to the Asclepias Vincetoxiciim, which is not a native plant. 



