December, 1874] 145 



Head brownish or pale reddish-brown. Crown next the proiiotum frequently dark 

 brown, and divided in the centre by a short longitudinal line ; next the anterior 

 margin two dusky-red transverse streaks. Face : side lobes with two dusky-red 

 transvere streaks, the intermediate spaces more or less whitish ; apex of the 

 central lobe generally pale. AntenncB dark brown or fuscous ; Ist joint as long 

 as the pronotum, longitudinally spotted with white, and with longish, erect, 

 somewhat remote, black hairs ; 2ud and 3rd narrowly white at the base, the 

 former with a more or less distinct pale band Just beyond the middle. Rostrum 

 pale reddish, apex black. 



Thorax — pronotum greyish-brovrn, frequently somewhat reddish in front ; lateral 

 margins with long black hairs, especially next the anterior angles ; just within 

 the pale posterior margin is a more or less interrupted velvety-black line ; cal- 

 losities in front generally darker than the disc. Seidell um brownish or greyish- 

 brown, with a more or less distinct dark brown or black streak on each side of 

 the centre, diverging posteriorly, central line narrow, frequently whitish ; apex 

 broadly whitish ; basal angles dark brown. Elytra brownish or reddish-brown, 

 or more or less gi'cy colom-ed, and moi'e or less spotted with dark brown or 

 blackish-grey, generally most distinctly next the anterior margin ; the trapezoidal 

 patch at the apex of the inferior margin paler than the disc, its inner margin 

 next the cells with a black clavate line not reaching to the lower angle. Cuneus 

 brownish or greyish-brown, sometimes with a faint reddish tinge ; exterior basal 

 angle nan-owly pale ; apex, and a more or less interrupted line on the inner 

 margin, black. Membrane fuscous, with a distinct white almost round spot at 

 the apex of the elavus ; disc more or less thickly covered with confused, short 

 white streaks and spots ; cell nerves dark, lower margin of the great cell-nerve 

 white. Leffs dark fuscous-brown or black. Thighs : 1st and 2nd pairs spotted 

 longitudinally with white, the spots of irregular size ; 8rd irregularly spotted 

 with white, and with a more or less broad, transverse, white band, placed 

 obliquely before the apex. Tibice dark fuscous-brown or black ; 1st and 3rd 

 pairs with two whitish or yellowish-white rings placed one before and one 

 beyond the middle, those on the 3rd broader than those on the 1st, and 

 with a few black punctures on the outside, in which are placed some of the 

 brown spinose hairs ; 2nd pair with three whitish or yellowish-white rings, two 

 placed somewhat as in the other pairs, the third at the apex. I'arsi brown, 

 Ist joint generally, apex of the 3rd and claws darkest. 



Abdomen underneath dark fuscous-brown or black. Length 2 J lines, barely. 



This species belongs to llie group in wliich arc divergens, ulmi, 

 populi, and ditnidiatus, sometimes agreeing to a great extent iu colour 

 and markings ^villl one and sometimes \\'\\\i another of these species. 

 It is, however, to be identified from all of them by the shortness of the 

 let joint of the antennae. In JP.jji^u it is only as long as the pronoliuii, 

 whereas in the others it is longer. 



Taken by Ur. F. Buchanan White on pine trees at Braomar. 



