issi.] 10 5 



anal opening when viewed from behind, also by the shape o£ the 

 processes ; and from the latter by the want of the granulation on the 

 nerves of the elytra, the want of the black margins of the appendage, 

 and also the Y- (not IT-) shaped form of the processes, with their 

 black upper margin. 



I only possess a single $ example, but without date of capture or 

 locality. 



Deltocephaltis Noemaxi, sp. nov. 



£ . Pale brownish-yellow Crown pale brownish-yellow, with a whitish longi- 

 tudinal central line, breadth across the anterior margin of the eyes about equal to 

 the length ; within the anterior margin a fine brown line extending from the apex 

 almost to the eyes, at the base, on each side the central line, a small, someAvhat 

 square, brown spot, and adjoining the anterior margin of the eyes a paler, somewhat 

 triangular one : face pale clear brown, with six to seven yellowish-white, short, 

 slightly curved, transverse lines, and a short, pale, longitudinal central line at the 

 apex : clypeus pale yellow : rostrum yellow, apex black. 



Pronotum pale brownish-yellow, with a whitish, longitudinal central line ; ad- 

 joining and running parallel with the anterior margin a pale yellowish- white, smooth 

 collar, terminating in a line with the inner margins of the eyes, where it swerves 

 into a straight line, terminating before reaching the lateral margins, posterior portion 

 finely wrinkled transversely ; posterior margin slightly concave, obtusely rounded at 

 the extremities : scutellum pale brownish-yellow, with a short, shallow, transverse 

 brown channel near the base. Elytra longer than the abdomen, pale brownish- 

 yellow, nerves concolorous, central and the two inner apical areas milky-white. 

 Legs pale yellowish or yellowish-white : tibia?, 3rd pair pale yellowish, spines pale, 

 set in black punctures : tarsi, 3rd pair dark brown, base and exterior margin of the 

 2nd and 3rd joints with a short whitish line. 



Abdomen black, side margins very narrowly yellow ; underneath, posterior 

 margins of the segments narrowly yellow, posterior margin of the terminal segment 

 concave ; genital flap black, triangular apex narrowly rounded, margins yellow. 



Length, 1§ line. 



$ . Similar in colour to the S . Croion with the markings less distinct than in 

 the other sex. Elytra shorter than the abdomen : clavus, nerves dark brown. 



Abdomen : upper-side black, last segment orange-yellow, basal margin of the 

 latter black, sides with a few stout, short, yellow hairs. All the other characters as 

 in the $ . Length, If lines. 



I have compared this species with many of the late Dr. Eieber's 

 in my possession, but cannot reconcile it with any of them ; neither 

 does it agree with any of the descriptions or figures given by him in 

 his " Synopse der europaischen Deltocephali," published in the Verh. 

 z.-b. G-es. for 1869, pp. 201 — 221. In colour it resembles D. socialis, 

 and is also otherwise like it, but without the dark margin to the apical 

 areas. 



I have seen three specimens taken by Mr. Geo. Norman (1^,2$) 

 on "high heathery land in Morayshire three years ago." 



Lee, S.E. : 12th September, 1881. 



