British Hemij)tera-Heteropicra. 6l>9 



4. cost<s, H.-Schff. Fig. H.-SchfF. Wanz. Ins. ix. pi. ccci. 



fig. 927. 



Dark blackisli-bro^ATi. Thorax with a reddish-brown 

 patch posteriorly, and with the dorsal line in front of the 

 same colour. Elytra dark brown between the black costse. 

 Sides of the body reddish-yelloAv. Legs and antennae 

 brownish; the latter darker at the apex. Body silvery; 

 much produced about the region of the intermediate cox^e, 

 as in gibbifera, giving the insect a broad, rather clumsy 

 appearance. 



Length 6 lines. 



Scotland, Loch Rannoch, &c. 



5. thoracica, Schum. Fig. H.-SchfF. Wanz. Ins. ix. 



pi. ccci. fig. 928. 



Brownish-black ; pronotum posteriorly and at the sides 

 beneath yellowish; there is also a yellow spot indicating 

 the position of the dorsal line on the anterior margin. 

 Elytra brownish; the costse black. Legs brown, paler 

 beneath ; first joint of the posterior tarsi nearly twice the 

 length of the second ; beneath silvery. 



Length 5 — 5^ lines. 



Common on ponds and streams. 



6. aspera, Schum. 



Very like the preceding, but smaller and shorter. 

 Thorax shorter and rather wider ; posteriorly the markings 

 darker and more diffused. Elytra shorter. Legs of the 

 same colour, but shorter; the second joint of the posterior 

 tarsi nearly three-fourths as long as the first ; beneath 

 silvery. 



Length 4| — 5 lines. 



Moss; Moran, Fifeshire. 



7. gibbifera, Schum. Fig. Dougl. & Scott, Brit. Hem. 



pi. xix. fig. 1. 



Similar in shape to G. costcB, being very wide across the 

 region of the intermediate coxse. Black, covered with fine 

 golden scales ; dorsal keel of the thorax not very distinct. 

 Legs broAvnish ; the front pair pale at the base ; first joint 

 of the posterior tarsi very long, twice as long as the second. 



Length 5 — 5^ lines. 



Common on ponds and streams. 



8. lacustris, Linn. Fig. H.-Schff. Wanz. Ins. ix. pi. ccci. 



fig. 930. 

 Like the preceding, but smaller ; narrower, with a very 



