2G1: (Ai)ril,1875. 



AnteiincG thick : Ist joint pale orange, very rarely dusky on the 

 upper surface ((^), or with a large black spot or wholly black, on the 

 upper side ( ?); 2nd pale orange, distinctly black at the apex; 3rd 

 and 4th joints black. Elytra : corium with sub-erect, pale golden 

 hairs. Let/s — thighs: 1st pair black, yellow at base and apex; 2nd and 

 3rd pairs jjale orange, the 2nd sometimes with a blackish spot, and the 

 3rd with a large brown or black spot or ring, before the apex. 



Usually brachypterous. Grenerally, but locally, distributed. 



SCOLOPOSTETHUS ERICETOEUM. 



Scolopostethus ericetormn, Leth., Cat., 25 (1869), id., 2 edit., 20 (1874). 

 „ ajffinis, p. Fieb., I. c. ; D. and S., 1. c. ; var. a, Stal, Oefv. 



Vet. Ak. Forh., 219, 1 (1862). 

 Lygoeus melanocerus, Thorns., Opusc. Ent., ii, 202, 56 (1870). 



Antennce not thick, black, except the basal third of the 2nd joint^ 

 which is pale ferruginous. Elytra — coriiim smooth, without hairs- 

 Legs — thighs : 1st pair browii or black, apex yellow ; 2ud and 3rd yel- 

 low, with a black ante-apical ring, generally narrower on the 2nd pair. 



Found only under heather. 



The foregoing two species hare been usually mixed together, but 

 I think M. Lethierry has shewn good cause for their separation, of 

 which the chief distinguishing characters are given above. 



Scolopostethus adjunctus. 

 Scolopostethus adjiinctus, D. and S., Brit. Ilem., i, 183, 2 (1865). 

 Pachymerus decoratus, Aband., h. and c, Hahn, Wanz.,i, 139 (1831). 



„ podagricus, p. Flor, E-hyn. Liv., i, 279 (I860). 



Scolopostethus offinis, var. h. p., Stal, Oefv. Vet. Ak. Forh., 220, 1 (1862). 

 LygoBiis podagricus, Thoms., Opusc. Ent., ii, 201, 55 (1870). 

 Scolopostethus podagricus, Leth., Cat., 2 edit., 20 (1871). 

 Lygceus decoratus, Thoms., I. c. 

 Scolopostethus decoratus, Leth., I. c. 



LygcBus podagricus, Fab., according to the description, might pos- 

 sibly be a Scolopostethus, but, if so understood, no mention whatever 

 being made of the antenna^, which in this genus afford good differential 

 characters, the description may apply to several of the species. In 

 this sense Flor uses the name, for he avowedly associates under it, as 

 one species, Vachymerus pictus and affinis, Schill., and P. decoratus, 

 Hahn, with its so-called varieties. Fallen cites the Fabrician name 

 doubtfully, and his description, on the whole, agrees best with P. 

 pictus, Schill. Fieber does not advert i<^ podagricus. Fab., but quotci? 



