144 COREINA. 



ALYDDS CALCARATUS, Fab. S. R. 251, 15 (1803) ; Le P.et Serv. Inc. x, 

 61,1 (1825); Fall. Hem. Suec. 40, 1 (1829); 

 SMI. Beitr. 49, 1 t. 5, fig. 1 (1829); Hahn, 

 Wanz. i, 198, t. 32, fig. 101 (1831) ; Curt. B. E. 

 viii, pi. 369 (1831) ; H. Schf. Panz. F. G. 121, 10 

 (1835); Surm. Handb. ii, 323, 1 (1835); Zett. 

 Ins. Lap. 262, 6, 1 (1840); Am. et Serv. Hem. 

 226, 1 (1843); Flor, Rhyn. Liv. i, 183, 1 (1860) ; 

 Fieb. Europ. Hem. 226, 1 (1861). 

 HIESUTUS, Kolen. Mel. Ent. ii, 64, 26, t. 8, fig. 8 (1845). 



Fuscous black, through which the dull ochreous ground colour in- 

 distinctly shows ; more clearly seen on the corium of the 

 expanded elytra. 



Head finely punctured, and with fine, long, black, projecting hairs. 

 Antennce with fine, short, projecting, black hairs ; 1st joint black, 

 except a long, yellow streak on the inner side ; 2nd and 3rd ochre- 

 ous, with the base yellow and the tip broadly black ; 4th, black, 

 with the base narrowly yellow. Eyes black. Ocelli red. Eostrum 

 pitchy-black. 



Thorax. Pronotum very finely punctured, and with distant, pro- 

 jecting hairs, shorter than those on the head. Scutellum black, 

 finely punctured, the apex ochreous. Elytra ; Corium very finely 

 black-punctured ; Membrane semi-transparent, smoke-brown, with 

 darker nervures, Wings transparent, with a green and purple 

 metallic gloss. Sternum black, finely punctured, and with fine, 

 mostly appressed, gray hairs. Legs with distant black hairs ; Coxce 

 piceous ; thighs black, the hinder pair with 3 strong, curved spines 

 beyond the middle, and several other smaller spines j viz., one 

 before the middle, one between the 1st and 2nd, and 2 or 3 gra- 

 dually smaller, beyond the 3rd large spine ; the small spines are 

 often (accidentally) more or less wanting ; tibiae with the hairs closer 

 and stronger than on the thighs, 1st and 2nd pair ochreous, with the 

 apex broadly black or piceous, 3rd pair ochreous-brown ; tarsi black 

 or piceous, with nearly half of the 1st joint ochreous. 



Abdomen above ; the 3rd and 4th segments and the anterior por- 

 tion of the 5th, orange, with the sides narrowly black ; the remainder 

 entirely black ; Connexivum black, with a yellowish spot on the 

 anterior margin of each segment. Underside black, shining, with 

 short, distant, projecting black hairs. 



Length, 6| 5f lines. 



