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yellow, with the base and a central line black. Elytra of a 
lurid yellow, the nerves margined with black; cuneus 
orange-coloured. Membrane dusky, with a transparent 
spot below the apex of the cuneus. Legs red; tarsi and 
the base of the posterior tibiz black. Antenne: first jomt 
generally red, rest black; base of third yellow. 
Length 5—54 lines. 
Occasionally by beating trees, &c. 
6. marginellus, Fab. Fig. Hahn, Wanz. Ins. ii. fig. 202 
(scriptus). 
Head and thorax black, the latter with the collar, 
dorsal line at the base and a short line on each side near 
the posterior angle, yellow. Scutellum black. Elytra 
with the clavus exteriorly yellow. Corium widely yellow 
or orange-coloured on the lateral margins; brown or black 
on the disk, often with a yellow stripe within the discal 
nerve. Cuneus orange-coloured. Membrane dusky. 
Legs dusky-brown. Antenne black. 
Length 4 lines. 
Very rare. To be looked for by sweeping and beating. 
7. ticinensis, Mey. Fig. Meyer, Caps. T. vi. fig. 1. 
Dull red, the cuneus sometimes paler. Head and the 
tubercles in front of the thorax sometimes more or less 
brown. Thighs spotted with brown, or in some very dark 
specimens the hind thighs are almost black. Surface of 
head and thorax shining; elytra dull, clothed with rather 
long yellow hairs. 
Length 33—4 lines. 
By sweeping in marshes near Gomshall and Chobham, 
Surrey. 
8. roseomaculatus, De Geer. Fig. Hahn, Wanz. Ins. i. 
fig. 104 ( ferrugatus). 
Head black, with a yellow line round the eye; or more 
or less red, with paler markings. Thorax pale green or 
egreenish-yeliow, with a wide brown stripe on each side of 
the disk, and often with the tubercles in front dark-brown 
or black. Scutellum pale, with the dorsal line and base 
widely black in the #, but with only a faint dark line down 
the centre in the ?. LElytra: clavus red, with the apex 
green; corium green or greenish-yellow, with two elongate 
red spots placed side by side above the cuneus, red; these 
are sometimes confluent. Cuneus pale. Legs in ¢ dull 
reddish, spotted with brown on the thighs; in ? greenish, 
