RHYPAROCHROMIDjE. 195 



Species 1. PIONOSOMUS VARIUS. 



LYG^US VARIUS, Wolff, Ic. Cira. 148, 142, 1. 15, fig. 142 (1804). 



BIMACULATUS, Zett. Act. Holm. 73, 23 (1819) ; Fall. Hem. Suec. 



i, 58, 15 (1829). 



PACHYMERUS VARIUS, Schill. Beitr. i, 78, 21, t. 6, fig. 12 (1829) ; Hahn, 

 Wanz. i, 69, t. 10, fig. 42 (1831) ; H. Schf. Norn. 

 Ent. 44 (1835). 



PACHYMERUS (PACHYMERUS) VARIUS, Flor, Rhyn. Liv. i, 256, 15 (1860). 

 PIONOSOMUS VARIUS, Fieb. Europ. Hem. 185, 93 (1861). 

 PTEROTMETUS Stal, Yet. Acad. Eorh. 216, 4 (1862). 



Black, with short, black, projecting hairs ; pronotum and elytra 

 varied with yellowish. 



Head shining, finely, indistinctly punctured. Antennce black, 2nd 

 joint, except the apex, brownish-yellow ; 3rd joint brownish in the 

 middle. Rostrum pale piceous, the end black. 



Thorax. Pronotum ; disk, anterior portion shining, very finely, 

 distinctly punctured, the hairs fewer and shorter in the middle than 

 at the sides ; hinder portion without hairs, finely but closely punc- 

 tured, and with two large approximate, yellowish spots in the middle ; 

 posterior margin yellowish. Scutellum very finely crenate-punctate, 

 at the base almost smooth. Elytra ; Clavus and Corium dingy 

 light-brown, with short, stiff, erect black hairs, and black or 

 brown punctures in rows ; on the outer half of the Corium 3 black 

 spots, the 1st near the base, small and indistinct ; the 2nd in the 

 middle, large, sometimes divided into 2, which are long, transverse, 

 and approximating ; the 3rd on and including the apex ; Membrane 

 fuscous-brown, darkest in the middle, whitish posteriorly ; base 

 with 2 almost conjoined, whitish spots. Sternum dull, a fulvous 

 spot at the base of each coxa ; Metasternum indistinctly crenate, 

 posterior margin fulvous. Legs short, stout; coxce outwardly fulvous ; 

 thighs black or piceous, apex reddish ; tibice and tarsi brown red. 



Abdomen beneath, with fine whitish pubescence. 



Length, ! \\ line. 



In sandy places, under low plants. Specimens were in the collec- 

 tion of the late Mr. Curtis, taken by him on the sand-hills near 

 Sandwich, and Mr. Dale has kindly lent us a specimen which he 

 received from Mr. Curtis. 



