172 LYG^EINA. 



scarcely thickened at the apex ; 2nd at least twice as long as the 

 1st ; the 3rd not so long as the second ; 4th cylindrical, pointed at 

 the ends, as long or longer than the 3rd. "Eyes large, semiglobose. 

 Ocelli small, distant. Rostrum reaching across the mesosternum. 



Thorax. Pronotum trapeziform, broader in front than the head 

 across the eyes ; anterior margin nearly straight ; sides nearly 

 straight ; lateral margins wide and flat ; posterior margin concave, 

 the ends somewhat produced over the clavus ; hinder angles rounded ; 

 disk, 1st |rds convex, the last 3rd flat, with a long callus with- 

 in the hinder angles. Scutellum large, triangular, more or less 

 convex. Elytra as long as the abdomen ; Clavus and Corium nearly 

 horizontal ; Corium ; anterior margin nearly straight, posteriorly 

 rounded, the base widened and reflexed; 1st nerve strong and 

 raised, especially at the base ; Membrane ; anterior margin rounded ; 

 disk with 5 nerves; the 1st very short, the 2nd curved to the 

 anterior margin ; the 3rd nearly straight, ending at the apex ; the 

 4th and 5th arising close together near the inner basal angle, curved 

 inwardly and outwardly, and then going straight to the posterior 

 margin, parallel to each other throughout. Sternum ; Mesosternum 

 in front with a sharp keel, hindwardly slightly convex ; Metasternum 

 somewhat rhomboidal, with a slight central keel. Legs: thighs ; 

 1st pair incrassated, fusiform, beneath flat, with 1 large and some- 

 times 2 other smaller teeth ; tibiae with long, distant, spinose hairs ; 

 1st pair sometimes bent, always widened inwardly at the apex, with 

 a deep channel on the side and a spine beneath ; tarsi long ; 1st 

 joint larger than the other 2, on the 3rd pair twice as long. 



Species 1. CALYPTONOTUS ROLANDRI. 



BOLAMDBI, Lin. F. S. 957 (1761); S. N. (ed. 12), i, 729, 98 



(1767). 



BIMACULATUS, Lin. S. N. (ed. 10), i, 449, 76 (1758). 

 FULVOMACULATUS, De G. Me'm. iii, 294, 33 (1773). 

 LYGJSUS ROLAKDBI, Fab. E. S. iv, 164, 99 (1794) ; S. N. 230, 127 

 (1803); Wolff, Ic. Cim. 199, t. 19, fig. 193 

 (1811); Fall. Hem. Suec. 60, 20 (1829). 



PACHYMEETJS ROLANDEI, Panz. P. G. 118, 3; Schill. Beitr. 72, 12 

 (1829); ff.Schf. Norn. Ent. i, 44(1835); 

 Kolen. Mel. Ent. ii, 79, 45 (1845). 



