70 SCUTATINA. 



stripe is a smooth, raised yellow line, which decreases with it in 

 width ; and on each side is the indication of a smooth line ; the rest 

 of the scutellum is of the luteous ground colour, with concolorous 

 punctures finer than those in the stripe. Elytra : Corium luteous 

 or ochreous, with a greenish tinge, the anterior margin concolor- 

 ously punctured as far inwards as the first nerve, which is strong, 

 smooth, raised, and yellow ; within this black-punctured, finer than 

 on the pronotum ; Membrane transparent. Wings transparent, the 

 base of the nervures black. Sternum luteous, finely punctured ; 

 Prosternum ; the plates of the divided segment produced anteriorly ; 

 reflexed and rounded off to behind the eyes. Legs yellow; thighs 

 beneath, delicately brown-punctured, with two contiguous black 

 dots beyond the middle ; tibice with very fine short hairs, the first 

 pair finely brown-punctured ; tarsi yellow, the margins of the joints 

 beneath and the claws brown. 



Abdomen above, black, with a yellow line in the middle of the 6th 

 segment ; Connexivum yellow. Underside luteous, with concolorous 

 fine punctures and 4 series of very fine black punctures, fainter on 

 the 5th and 6th segments ; stigmata black. 



Length, 3-^ 4 lines. 



Local. Darenth Wood, June ; Weybridge, amongst grass, 

 August. 



Genus 2. ^ELIOIDES, A. Dohrn. 

 Sub-elliptic, narrowed in front. 



Head deflected and curved, especially in front, broad, subtrian- 

 gular; Face; apex rounded, notched in the centre; sides much 

 rounded, slightly sinuate; side lobes outwardly raised, inwardly 

 depressed, meeting beyond and enclosing the central lobe, which is 

 narrow, yet well defined, but at its fine apex depressed. Antennae; each 

 inserted on a stout tubercle rising near but anterior to each eye, and 

 pointing forward, with its outer side produced into a short, blunt 

 spine ; 1st joint short ; 2nd and 3rd slender, 3rd as long as the first, 

 2nd ^-rd longer; 4th and 5th stout, 4th as long as the 2nd, 5th 

 longest, fusiform. Eyes small, prominent, inner and posterior sides 

 straight, outwardly rounded. Ocelli small, distant. Rostrum reach- 

 ing beyond the 2nd pair of coxae ; 1st joint short, 2nd very long, 

 3rd short, wide and flat, 4th longer than the 3rd ; the base lies in a 



