LYGJEINA. 165 



PYRRHOCORIS APTERUS, Curt. B. E. x, fig. 465 (1833) ; Burm. Handb. 

 ii, 286, 12 (1835); Am. et Serv. H6m. 269, 

 1 (1843) ; Flor, Ehyn. Liv. i, 232, 1 (1860) ; 

 Fieb. Europ. Hem. 163, 3 (1861). 



Black and scarlet, dull or slightly shining. 



Head black, finely crenate-punctate. Antennas black. Eyes black, 

 or with a brown ring round the base. "Rostrum black. 



Thorax. Pronotum ; on the 1st -|- a broad, transverse, quadran- 

 gular, convex, smooth, black spot, deeply punctured in front ; joined 

 to this posteriorly two, broad, quadrate, deeply and rather widely 

 punctured black spots, divided from each other by a fine red line ; 

 all the rest of the pronotum scarlet, with strong, distant punctures, 

 Scutellum black, very finely crenate-punctate. Elytra ; Clavus black 

 with strong irregular punctures ; Corium with fine distant punctures, 

 scarlet ; near the base and clavus a small oval spot, and beyond the 

 middle a large round spot, black ; Membrane (according to Fieber) 

 smoke-brown, the nerves deep brown. Sternum black, the margins 

 of each segment and a large spot at the base of the coxae scarlet. 

 Legs black ; tibia and tarsi finely haired. 



Abdomen above black, the base and the posterior margin of the 

 6th segment more or less red. Connexivum above and beneath 

 scarlet. Underside black, smooth; the posterior margin of the 6th 

 segment broadly scarlet. Genital segments black ; in the <$ the 2nd 

 segment red. 



Length, $ 3 3| , ? 4 4| lines. 



Local. Torquay and Teignmouth, Devon; Beccles, Suffolk 

 (Curtis). 



SECTION $.LYGJEINA* 

 FAMILY 1. RHYPAROCHROMIDJE. 



Genus 1. GASTRODES, Westw. 



(Introd. Mod. Classif. ii, Sjnops. 122 (1840.) 

 Oval, flat. 



Head convex, long, 5 -sided ; Crown quadrangular ; antenniferous 

 processes short, deflected ; Face long, triangular ; central lobe long, 



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