262 Mr. Psaunders Synopsis of 
the latter with the dorsal line and lateral margins yellow. 
Scutellum black; dorsal line yellow, the colour spreading 
suddenly near the middle. Elytra inwardly dull brown, 
margins widely yellow; legs pale, more or less spotted. 
Antenne black; first joint more or less pale. Beneath 
yellow, variegated. 
¢ wider, almost always with the elytra not fully de- 
veloped, much paler than ¢; scutellum entirely pale, the 
yellow also predominating on the thorax. 
Length 4 lines. 
Common by sweeping. 
2. ferrugata, Fall. Fig. Dougl. & Scott, Brit. Hem. 
plex. fie. 6. 
Narrower than the preceding, and much duller n 
colour. Head black, with a narrow stripe on the inner 
margin of each eye. Thorax black, with the dorsal lme 
and side margins pale. Scutellum black, with the dorsal 
line pale. Elytra dull, pinkish-brown, with the margin 
narrowly ochreous. Legs more or less spotted. Antenne 
black, second joint brown. ¢ generally undeveloped. 
This species varies much in colour. 
Length 4 lines. 
Common, by sweeping, &c. 
PANTILIUS. 
1. tunicatus, Fab. Fig. Dougl. & Scott, Brit. Hem. 
pl. Xi. fig. 2. 
Greenish-red to reddish-brown, sprinkled with very 
small black spots, from each of which ‘is a short thick 
black hair. Thorax with a narrow collar in front, lateral 
margins with sharp edges, nearly straight. Elytra with 
the margins narrowly pale. Cuneus often of a blood-red 
colour on its inner margin; membrane with the nerves 
red. Antenne and legs pale, more or less tinged with 
red. Apex of 2nd, 3rd and 4th joints of the former red, 
or red brown; second joint three times as long as first ; 
third joint } as long as second; fourth 3 as long as third. 
Length 4 lines. 
On hazels, not uncommon in August and September. 
Loprus. 
A. Legs and antenne densely covered with long 
black hairs .. Se -» gothicus. 
AA, Legs and antenne without long black hairs, 
or only with occasional ones, 
a. Thighs withared ring .. am +» mat, 
b. Thighs without a red ring a «» sulcatus. 
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