72 SCUTATINA. 



tubercle yellow, the spine piceous ; the first 3 joints yellow, the 4th 

 and 5th black. Eyes piceous, hindwardly yellow. Ocelli reddish. 

 Rostrum luteous, the labrum darker, last joint piceous ; the curved 

 margin of the rostral channel yellow. Underside of the head rugosely 

 black-punctured. 



Thorax. Pronotum ; in the centre a longitudinal, fine, yellow 

 line ; from this on the anterior 3rd a many-sinuated, faint, transverse 

 line extends to the lateral margins ; close to this anteriorly are two 

 longish, narrow, irregular smooth spaces. Scutellum with a fine pale 

 line down the centre, at the extremity of which is a dark spot, the 

 base often shaded with brown, on the outer margins a very narrow 

 black spot, joined to which is a pale -yellow, shining, comma-shaped 

 spot. Elytra : Corium punctured like the scutellum and pronotum ; 

 membrane piceous or fuscous. Sternum pale luteous, sparsely black- 

 punctured, more thickly at the sides and in front ; rostral channel 

 black. Legs : coxce and thighs pale luteous, the latter with brown 

 punctures in longitudinal rows, two or three punctures towards the 

 apex larger and darker than the rest ; tibiae darker towards the tip ; 

 tarsi luteous, 3rd joint piceous. 



Length, 2^ 3 lines. 



Local. Dartford Brent ; Weybridge ; in July and August. 



FAMILY 6. PODOPID^E. 



Genus 1, PODOPS, Lap. 



Elliptic, convex; pronotum armed at the anterior angles; eyes 

 prominent. 



^ Head subquadrangular, widest behind the eyes ; Face rounded in 

 front, central lobe scarcely so long as the side lobes, leaving an apical 

 notch. Antenna short ; the tubercles at the base of the eyes, the outer 

 side produced into a short, obtuse, curved spine ; 1st joint stout, 

 2nd slender, shorter ; 3rd and 4th stouter than the 2nd, in length 

 subequal, nearly as long as the 1st ; 5th longest and stoutest, fusi- 

 form ; Eyes semi-oval, very prominent, not touching the pronotum. 

 Ocelli prominent, distant. Rostrum reaching to the 3rd pair of 

 coxae, slender, basal joint in a channel the sides of which are much 

 produced. 



Thorax. Pronotum convex, hexagonal, anterior margin longer than 

 the width of the head, a little concave, with a stout process at each 



