PEDIOPSIS. 99 



' Synopsis.' It is there stated that the species is always 

 easy to distinguish from others " when once the struc- 

 tural characters of the face have been appreciated." 

 These characters do not appear to be given, except that 

 " the face above and the crown is more or less yellow." 



Frons yellow, convex, roughly punctate, with two 

 dark brown depressions or shallow patches on each 

 side. Ocelli distinct. Eyes warm brown and promi- 

 nent. Whole of the pronotum and scutellum sulphur- 

 yellow, as also is the shoulder of each elytron, passing 

 into greenish. Elytra warm brown, with raised pale 

 nervures. Wings whitish hyaline. Anterior tibiae 

 outwardly channelled. 



Sahlberg gives still more numerous synonyms than 

 above, and besides these he notes fifteen colour varieties. 



Smaller than B. rufuscuhs. Taken near birches, in 

 short grasses, at Huddersfield and other places. 



Both this and B. rufusculus feed on the birch, and 

 possibly they may hereafter be found to be identical 

 species. Indeed, apart from size and the colour- 

 characters, it is very difficult to separate them from the 

 foregoing species. 



Genus XXII.— PEDIOPSIS, Bitrm. 



Head with the eyes not broader than the pronotum. 

 Pronotum with straight and horizontal striations, and 

 with "sculpturing." Face in the form of a lozenge. 

 Linibus on the elytron mostly absent, or else confined 

 to a mere border. Apical cells to the elytra four or 

 five, and squarish. Tibiae strongly and numerously 

 toothed on the inner side. Tarsi as in Idiocerus. 



From iTf^o;, lle^io^ii, Flat-face. 



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