TARTESSUS. 



303 



and subaiigularly produced : scutellum longer than broad, about 

 as long as pronotum ; tegmiua oblong, apex somewhat valvate, 

 apical cells five ; posterior tibise densely spinulose. 



2550. Tartessiis ferrugineus, Walk. (Bvthoscopus) List Horn, iii, 

 p. 865 (1851); St?d (Tartessus),*OA'. Vet.-Ak. Fork. 1870, 

 p. 738; Si(/n. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1880, p. 350; Spanyb. Ofv. 

 Vet.-Ak. Fork. 1877, no. 9, p. 7 *. 



Bvthoscopus malavus, Stal, Fref/. Fug. Resa, Ins. p. 290 (1859) ; 

 "id. (Tartessiis) Ofv. Vet.-Ak. 'Fork. 1865, p. 156; Siqn. Ann. 

 Soc. Ent. Fr. 1880, p. 357. 



biarcuatus, imiliueatus, and unifascia, Walk. MS. 



Vertex, pronotum, scutellum, body beneath and legs golden- 

 yellow ; abdomen above black with the segmented margins, an 

 oblique spot on each side of base and a broad posterior margin to 

 penultimate segment ochraceous ; tegmina bronzy -yellow, the veins 

 black or piceous, and the costal area black to beyond middle ; 



Fig. 193. — Tarfrssus fcmigincus. 



wings bronzy-yellow, the venation piceous, an oblique piceous spot 

 near outer margin ; head beneath with an arcuate marginal black 

 band between the eyes ; lateral margins of sternum broadly black ; 

 pronotum finely transversely striate; scutellum strongly trans- 

 versely impressed before apical area ; spinules of posterior tibite 

 long and robust. 



Length inch tegm. 0-11 millim. 



Bob. Tenasserim ; Myittn {Doherty). — Malay Peninsula ; Perak, 

 Malacca, Java. Mysol. Ke. xlru {Brit. Mus.). Ja])an {fide 

 Matsumiiva). 



* Spangberg (supra) and Matsumura(Traus. Sapporo Nat. Hist. Soc. i, p. 20, 

 1905) ascribe this species to iSlal, who. however, correctly referred it to 

 Walker. 



