142 COIIEINA. 



ochreous. Scutellum black or brown, finely punctured, the apex 

 whitish. Elytra ; Corium coloured like the Pronotum, the punctures 

 slightly larger ; Membrane fuscous brown, with dark, irregular spots 

 between the nerves. Sternum black, finely punctured. Legs ; coxae 

 yellow ; thighs finely haired ; in the 1st pair the base, in the 2nd pair 

 the basal half, in the 3rd pair more than the basal half, yellow ; 

 tibia yellow, except the base and apex, which are black ; with short, 

 black hairs in rows, stronger and more projecting than those on the 

 thighs ; tarsi black, thickly haired beneath. 



Abdomen, above, blood-red, the base and apex black : Connexivum 

 above and beneath black, with a yellow spot on the anterior margin 

 of each segment. Underside black. 



Length, 5 6^ lines. 



Not common. Among Euphorbium, on the coasts of Devon, in 

 September (Stainton). 



Species 2. STENOCEPHALUS NEGLECTUS. 



STENOCEPHALUS NEGLECTUS, H.Schf. Wanz. iii, 55, t. 89, fig. 272 (1836); 



Fieb. Europ. Hem. 223, 145, 2 (1861). 



In colour almost identical with S. agilis, but this is a more slender 

 and delicate-looking insect; the sides are more parallel, the an- 

 tenna thinner and longer, and the membrane of the elytra without 



Length, 5 5j lines. 

 Eare : Coasts of Devon. 



FAMILY 5. ALYDID^E. 

 Genus 1. ALYDUS, Fab. 



Narrow, elongate, the sides parallel. 



Head thick, very convex above and beneath ; Crown nearly as 

 broad as the front of the pronotum, but constricted behind the eyes 

 into a short neck ; the antenniferous processes, short, small, the ends 



