lOJr [October, 



DESCRIPTION OF A XEW SPECIES OF EUROPEAN HEMirTEKA- 



HETEBOPTESA. 



b\ john scott. 



Der.i^ocokts (Calocokis) Zellkki. 



Elaok, somewhat dull. Pronofum ami eh/tra margined with orange- 

 rod or rod ; cunetis orango-rotl or rod. 



Head blMok. Crotcn with fine traiisvei'se furrows on each side. Ei/es blnck, pos- 

 teriorly with a more or U^ss distinct oningo-jellow line. AntetnuB black ; 3rd 

 and 4th joints pitcliy-brown, the t'ornior narrowly yellow at the base. 



Thorax — proiiotum black, rery finely wrinkled transversely, sparingly clothed with 

 short, fine pale adpressed hairs, sparingly intermixed with black, which are 

 best observable on the margins ; down the middle, a more or less distinct, narrow, 

 reddish line extending from behind the callosities to the posterior margin ; 

 lateral margins orange-ivd or red. very narrowly so at the anterior margin, the 

 colour becoming wider as it curves round the otiter margin of the callosities, from 

 below wliich to the posterior margin it continues of an almost equal width. 

 Scutellum black, apex broadly orange-red or red, not reacliing to the side margins. 

 Elutra black ; anterior margin broadly orange or red, not reaching to the apex ; 

 base very narrowly blackish ; ciineus orange-red or red, with a few short black 

 hairs ; apex very narrowly black ; )ne»ib)-ane dark fuscous-brown, with a broad 

 darker streak extending from the apex of the cnneus to the apex of the anterior 

 margin ; nerves dark brown. Sfeniiim black ; pro- and niesosfernum margined 

 exteriorly with yellow round the base of the legs, connected by a broad yellow 

 streak along the anterior portion of the latter ; mefasiennim reddish posteriorly ; 

 orifice of the odoriferous sac broadly margined with yellow. i«7* black : tibice 

 somewhat dusky yellow, base broadly, apex more narrowly, black : tarsi and 

 cl<iirs black. 



Abdomen black ; on the under-side the margins of the segments with a triangiilar 

 red pat<^h, and on each side in a line with the base of the legs a broad, red, 

 longitudinal stnn^k ; genital segments of the J with a large rixl patch on each 

 side. Long. 3i lines. 



At first sight, one is reminded of Loj>iis gofJn'cus by the markings 

 on the above insect, but the differences in the shape of the head and 

 pronotum alone, at once separate it from that genus. Its true place 

 appears to be near D. maiyinellus, from which it may be distinguished 

 by the absence of the yellow collar and broadly yellow claval suture. 

 On the last named also, the yellow anterior margin of the (lytra is 

 continued to the apex, the cuneus is without a black apex, and the legs 

 are red. 



In the collections of Messrs. Douglas it Saunders, and in my own. 



The spooiniens, taken at Palermo, were received from Professor 

 Zeller. 



Lee : Septeihier St/t. 1S76. 



