138 COREINA. 



sometimes reddish ; disk sometimes with 3 longitudinal, broad, dark 

 lines, the central one being divided by the narrow, pale, raised line. 

 Scutellum very finely punctured and haired. Elytra; Gorium 

 greenish- white, the anterior margin and 1st nerve pale, the other 

 nerves and the posterior margin blood-red ; Membrane and nerves 

 glossy white. Sternum coloured according to the colour of the insect. 

 Legs ochreous or greenish tinged with red, with black dots from 

 which spring short, stiff, black hairs ; the inside of the apex of the 

 hinder tibia black ; tarsi greenish or reddish, the end of the joints 

 black. 



Abdomen above, with a thick black line down the centre, (strongest 

 in <$ ) interrupted on the 4th segment by a red spot ; this line is 

 usually margined with reddish ochreous, but sometimes in the $ 

 the central black line is absent ; in the there are generally two 

 fainter dark lines at the sides, the intermediate space being 

 more or less dotted with brown : Connexivum green or ochreous, 

 paler at the base. "Underside ochreous, pale or dark green, accord- 

 ing to the general colour of the insect. 



Length, 3^ 4| lines. 



Local. "Weybridge and Dartford Brent, by sweeping grasses; 

 July ; Thorne Moor and Knighton Heath (Dale). 



FAMILY 3. CHOROSOMIDJ2. 



Genus 1. CEOROSOMA, Curt. 

 Narrow, very elongate. 



Head nearly horizontal, the sides parallel ; Crown very elongate, 

 convex ; the antenniferous processes lower than the facial lobes ; 

 Face ; the lobes raised, distinct, the central one longest and highest, 

 but slightly narrowest, the apex slightly widened, curved downwards 

 and beset with long projecting hairs. Antenna long, tapering; 

 1st joint longer than the head, thick, the base thinner as if cut away 

 on the inner side; 2nd J longer than the 1st, at the base as 

 thick as the 1st, thence gradually tapering ; 3rd cylindrical, not 

 quite so long as the 2nd ; 4th scarcely thicker than the 3rd, and 

 not so long. Eyes semi-globose, distant from the base of the 

 head. Ocelli small, rather nearer to the eyes than to each other. 

 Rostrum reaching the 2nd pair of coxae, slender, the first 2 joints 



