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of the second joint paler, second joint in the ¢ gradually 
thickened from the base to the apex, in the ? rather sud- 
denly incrassated apically, clothed in both sexes with fine 
hairs ; pronotum with the anterior margin about a quarter 
as long as the base, sides nearly straight, base rounded ; 
scutellum black or yellow; elytra widest behind the middle, 
side margins much reflexed in front, entirely black with 
only the base of the cuneus bright red, and the base of the 
corium dull red, varying to entirely ferruginous yellow, 
with the apex of the cuneus only black ; membrane blackish, 
with a clear spot below the apex of the cuneus; femora 
black at the base, pale at the apex, tibiz pale, often 
clouded with brown towards the base; beneath dark, 
sometimes more or less yellowish. 
L. 7 mm. 
All my dark examples are males. Common by sweeping 
nettles, etc., and generally distributed. 
C. scutellaris, fab.—Deep black, shining, strongly 
punctured ; a line across the back of the head, and some- 
times the scutellum, blood-red ; male much longer, narrower, 
and more parallel-sided than the ¢ ; the second joint of 
the antenn slightly thicker, but in neither sex so much 
thickened at the apex as in laniarius; pronotum more 
closely punctured than in the preceding; scutellum quite 
smooth, shining and impunctate ; elytra closely punctured, 
membrane dusky, unspotted. 
L. ¢ 8mm. ? 6-7 mm. 
Rare. I have taken both varieties on heather at 
Chobham. Oxshott, Billups ; Knighton Heath and Walmer, 
Dale; Hildolveston, Norfolk, Power; Dartford Heath, 
Douglas and Scott ; Reigate. 
RHOPALOTOMUDS, Ficd. 
A well-marked genus, easily known from the others of 
this group by the strongly clavate second joint of the 
