74 SCUTATINA. 



the proximity of the punctures, the disk is black. Scutellum 

 dark luteous, black-punctured ; the punctures, except at the base, 

 finer than on the pronotum, base raised in a triangular form, the 

 apex of which is extended down the centre ; close to the pronotum 

 3 equidistant white, shining, nodules ; one central, the others close 

 to the basal angles, which are black and depressed. Elytra : the 

 uncovered portion of the Ooritm dark luteous, black-punctured like 

 the scutellum. Sternum black, rugosely punctured. Legs and coxce 

 pale luteous ; thighs beneath with 2 large band-like brown spots, 

 one being beyond the middle, the other at the tip ; tibice ; 1st pair on 

 the inside with a black line the whole length ; 2nd pair on the inside 

 with a black spot at the base and a brown shade at the tip ; tarsi 

 light brown, third joint black. 



Abdomen above black ; beneath ferruginous, lightly black-punc- 

 tured ; Connexivum luteous, black -punctured. 



Length, 2| 3 lines. 



Not uncommon in sandy places among the roots of grass in spring 

 and autumn. 



Near London; Folkestone; Deal; Holm Bush, Sussex (Wol- 

 laston) . 



FAMILY 7. PENT ATOM ID JE. 



Genus 1. EYSARCORIS, Halm. 



Short, stout, broad-oval, pointed in front, convex. 



Head much deflected, quadrangular, thick ; Crown slightly convex ; 

 Face ; central lobe broad, reaching the anterior margin, which is 

 widely notched ; side lobes a trifle longer than the central lobe, at 

 the apex rounded. Antenna : tubercles short, stout, inserted ob- 

 liquely anterior to the eyes, the apex outwardly produced into a 

 short, blunt spine; 2nd and 4th joints in length subequal, longer 

 than the 3rd ; 5th longest and broadest, fusiform. Eyes moderate 

 prominent, 3-sided, outwardly rounded. Ocelli distant. Rostrum 

 rising at the anterior margin of the head, reaching to the 2nd seg- 

 ment of the abdomen, 2nd joint longest, 1st and 3rd joints widened ; 

 rostral channel short, sides produced and rounded before and behind. 



Thorax. Pronotzm convex, short, hexagonal, posteriorly very 

 broad, the side and hinder margins converging into a more or less 



