108 SCUTATINA. 



on the apex. Antenna pitchy-brown. ; 1st joint long, passing far 

 beyond the head ; 2nd nearly as long as the 1st ; 3rd not so long as 

 2nd ; 4th as long as the 1st ; 5th as long as the 2nd. Eyes not pro- 

 minent, seen from above triangular. Ocelli reddish. Rostrum 

 reaching to the 3rd pair of coxae, yellow, with a central brown line. 



Thorax. Pronotum reddish-ochreous or greenish ; anterior margin 

 concave, anterior angles cut off obliquely behind the eyes ; sides 

 widely divergent, concave ; hinder angles produced into a wide, pro- 

 jecting, obtuse spine ; hinder sides long, much sinuate ; posterior 

 margin concave ; disk with the punctures distant ; in front flat, on 

 the 1st third a transverse, smooth, generally interrupted space ; 

 hindwardly convex, hinder angles slightly recurved, reddish, the 

 produced apex piceous or black. Scutellum, except the apex, margi- 

 nate; ochreous or reddish-ochreous; punctures distant. Elytra: 

 Corium greenish-ochreous, punctured finer and thicker than the 

 pronotum or scutellum ; anterior margin incrassated ; posterior 

 margin straight, incrassated ; Membrane light brown, with 7 nerves, 

 and a cross-nerve at the base forming 2 cells. Wings coloured like 

 the membrane. Sternum : legs ochreous, with very short hairs ; 

 tarsi piceous. 



Abdomen above, on the last segments, with a central keel, which 

 is channeled in the centre ; 1st 3 segments black, margins yellow; 

 4th and 5th the same, but in addition a large yellowish spot in the 

 centre or with the anterior portion entirely yellowish-red; 6th seg- 

 ment, in the $ red, with two or three black spots; in the 9 entirely 

 red ; Connexivum yellow, on the 6th segment red, or entirely red. 

 Genital segments : in the $ the 2nd has the sides produced beyond the 

 obtuse ends of the 6th abdominal segment into an acute red spine ; 

 in the ? the 3rd segment is a broad, red, recurved plate, projecting 

 beyond the acute ends of the 6th abdominal segment. 



Length, 7 lines. 



Common on birch trees, in September. 



