LACHNUS JUNIPERI. 45 



more red, coxee black, a semilunar patch near the anal 

 plate. Rostrum black, and reaching to the third coxjb, 

 or beyond. Tarsi two-jointed. Storaata below, marked 

 by black dots. Some specimens show two tapering 

 bands which pass from the thorax down the upper part 

 of the abdomen. 



Winged vivijparo^LS female. 



Incli. Millimetres. 



Expanse of wings 0*420 10*66. 



Size of body O-lOOxO-050 2-54xl-27. 



Length of antennge 0'050 1"27. 



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cornicles 0*008 0*20. 



Large, very hirsute. Head and thorax broad. 

 Abdomen globular, wrinkled. Cornicles conical, black, 

 and rising from black spots. Head, thorax, legs, and 

 antennas shining black. Abdomen rich reddish brown. 

 Wings ample. Membranes brownish ; insertions and 

 cubitus yellow. Stigmata brown ; veins very slender, 

 the second fork from the cubital vein encloses a very 

 narrow triangular cell. Two black spots on each anal 

 plate. Eyes, rostrum, and stomata black. Cauda 

 none. 



Sometimes found in swarms on the common juniper, 

 Jimiperus communis, at Alnwick and Wooler in North- 

 umberland, and also on the bleak moors of the 

 Cheviott (Hardy). Kaltenbach apparently could only 

 find it on the same shrub (" Wachholder-Strauch, 

 Juniper-shrub,") in moist and warm places. Mr. 

 Hardy has found the black eggs on the twigs, and 

 sometimes plentifully. 



De Geer states that the male is apterous. 



