RHYPAROCHROMID^E. 175 



RHYPAROCHEOMUS MUNDULTJS, A. Dohrn, Stett. Ent. Zeit. xxi, 160, 17 



(1860). 



PEDESTBJS, Fieb. Europ. Hem. 195, 11 (1861) j Stal, 

 Yet. Akad. Eorh. 221, 5 (1862). 



Black, slightly shining ; 2nd joint of the antenna yellowish-red ; 

 corium yellowish-brown, posteriorly with a clear white spot 

 and a black one above it ; apex of membrane white ; tibice yel- 

 lowish-red. 



Head delicately punctured, with fine yellowish pubescence. An- 

 tenna black, with yellowish pubescence ; 1st joint with a few, long, 

 black, prominent hairs ; apex of the 1st and 3rd brown ; 2nd yel- 

 lowish-red, except the apex, which is piceous ; rarely the entire joint 

 is piceous. Rostrum pitchy-black. 



Thorax. Pronotum ; 1st frds black, very convex, the colour 

 hindwardly curving gradually, and at the sides suddenly, forwards ; 

 disk smooth ; a row of punctures within the anterior and side 

 margins, the latter narrow, black ; the last 3rd ochreous, with dis- 

 tinct brown punctures ; sides clear, pale yellow, their margins broad 

 yellow ; the callus posteriorly black. Scutellum black, finely punc- 

 tured; apex yellow-brown. Elytra; Clavus yellow-brown, with 3 

 rows of strong black punctures, the two inner rows near together, 

 between them and the outer row a long, pale yellow streak ; Corium 

 yellowish-brown or red-brown, rather finely punctured; anterior 

 margin broad, clear yellow, with a brown edge for about \ its length, 

 thence to the apex narrow, black ; disk, within the apical angle a 

 large, subangular, white spot, above which is an irregular black 

 spot, sometimes large, sometimes small ; the 1st nerve on its basal 

 half, the apex, and sometimes the claval suture, black ; Membrane 

 black, with a round white spot at the apex, and a wide yellowish 

 streak on the base of the 4th nerve. (In all the English examples 

 we have seen the membrane is abbreviated, leaving the last 2 seg- 

 ments of the abdomen uncovered, and the apical spot is very faint.) 

 Sternum ; a white spot at the base of each coxa ; Prosternum / at the 

 sides a large, angulated, yellowish spot ; Meso- and Metasternivm on 

 the posterior margin laterally, whitish or yellowish. Legs yellowish- 

 red ; thighs ; 1st pair more or "less dark in the middle, the colour 

 varying from a piceous spot to black throughout, except at the ends ; 

 1 strong tooth near the end, and 2 or 3 small ones behind it ; 2nd 

 and 3rd pairs with a broad black ring before the apex ; tibia; 1st 

 pair slightly bent, black at the apex ; 2nd and 3rd pairs black at the 



