86 SCUTATINA. 



Elliptic, glossy red; 6 spots on the pronotum, a large triangular spot 

 at the base of the scutellum, the clavus, the inner portion of 

 the corlum and a posterior spot, black ; membrane and wings 

 black. Beneath red, with 3 rows of large black spots. 



Head black, the reflexed margin red. Antenna, Eyes and Ocelli 

 black. 



Thorax. Pronotum finely and widely punctured, red, with 6 black 

 spots, of which two long, narrow, transverse, are anterior to the 

 raised, transverse line, and four are posterior to it, in a transverse 

 row, the two middle ones being the larger. Scutellum finely, widely 

 crenate-punctuate, subconvex ; apex unpunctured, rather elongated 

 to an obtuse point ; at the base a large black spot, subtriangular, the 

 sides being rounded ; before the apex, on each side, a small narrow 

 black spot, appearing like an encroachment of that colour from the 

 corium. Elytra : Clavus black, strongly punctured ; Corium ; disk 

 finer and closer punctured than the scutellum and pronotum, out- 

 wardly stronger punctured ; red, with the inner portion broadly 

 black as far as the posterior angle, there ending abruptly ; at the 

 outer side of this black patch is a large triangular interruption of 

 the ground colour ; beneath the posterior margin of the black patch 

 the disk is raised transversely, and posterior to this is a black spot ; 

 Membrane black. Wings black. Sternum ; slightly punctured, 

 stronger in the channel of the prosternum ; red, the middle, and a 

 large spot at the side of each segment, black. Legs black. 



Abdomen, above red, with a black spot on the last two segments ; 

 beneath red with three rows of large black spots, the central spots 

 quadrangular, the lateral ones oval ; Connexivum red. 



Length, 4^ 5 lines. 



Not common. Frequents the flowers of ITmbelliferce. A single 

 specimen taken at Lee. 



Species 2 STRACHIA OLERACEA. 



CIMEX OLERACEUS, Lin. F. S. 550, 934 (1761); S. N. 1, 722, 53 (1767); 

 De G. Mem. iii, 266, 10, pi. 15, fig. 22 & 23 (1773) ; 

 Fab. E. S. iv, 121, 162 (1794); S. K. 177, 112 

 (1803) ; Panz. F. G. 32, 12 ; Wolff, Ic. Cim. 16, t. 

 2, fig. 16 (1800) ; Fall. Mon. Cim. 49, 16 (1807) ; 

 Hem. Suec. 31, 16 (1829) ; Zett. F. Ins. Lap. i, 

 465, 8 (1828); Ins. Lap. 260, 8 (1840); Burm. 

 Handb. ii, 368, 11 (1835). 



