206 LYG.EINA. 



quadrangular. Corium testaceous, posteriorly with a broad 

 piceous band. Legs yellow ; fore thighs black. 



Head strongly punctured, and a deep fovea on the base next the 

 eyes. Antenna with fine projecting hairs ; anterior -J- of the 1st and 

 2nd joints yellow. Eyes and Ocelli black. Rostrum piceous. 



Thorax. Pronotum long, sub quadrangular, a little widened pos- 

 teriorly ; anterior portion with strong distant punctures ; disk more 

 finely punctured, the last 3rd with very strong, deep, angulated 

 punctures. Scutellum ; side margins ochreous ; base in the middle 

 finely punctured ; middle smooth, the rest with strong, deep, angu- 

 lated punctures. Elytra; Clavus testaceous, posteriorly piceous, 

 with 3 rows of long, deep, distant punctures ; Corium testaceous, 

 posterior 3rd piceous-black ; inwardly 2 rows of long, deep, distant 

 punctures, outwardly finer punctured ; disk smooth ; Membrane on 

 the base, along the suture, black ; the rest whitish, with a large, un- 

 defined lunule ; or fuscous, with a large whitish spot, and pale next 

 the base. Sternum strongly punctured. Legs finely haired ; thighs ; 

 1st pair black, fulcra and apex yellow ; 2nd and 3rd pairs yellow, 

 sometimes with a brown spot ; tibia yellow, 2nd and 3rd pairs with 

 a few projecting hairs ; tarsi yellow ; apex of the joints, especially the 

 3rd, sometimes brown. 



Abdomen beneath with fine, short, sparse hairs. 



Length, 2 2| lines. 



In sandy places, among grass ; local. Deal, May and August ; 

 Household Heath, near Norwich (Curtis). 



Species 5. RHYPAROCHROMUS ANTENNATTJS. 



PACHYMETITJS ANTENNATTJS, Schitt. Beitr. 76, 18, t. 8, fig. 10 (1829); 



Hahn, Wanz. i, 58, t. 9, fig. 35 (1831); 

 H. Schf. Nora. Ent. i, 44 (1835) ; Bohem. 

 Vet. Akad. Eorh. 55, 9 (1852). 



RHYPAROCHROMTJS ANTENNATUS, Sahib. Geoc. Fen. 64, 16 (1848). 

 PACHYMERUS (PACHYMERTJS) ANTENNATTJS, Flor, Rhyn. Liv. i, 252, 13 



(1860). 



MEGALONOTTJS ANTENNATTJS, Fieb. Europ. Hemp. 181, 1 (1861) ; Stal, 



Vet. Akad, Forh. 216, 2 (1862). 



Black, shining ; upper -| of the 1st joint of the antennce and the 

 whole of the 2nd yellow ; pronotum campanulate, widest in front. 

 Elytra piceous-black, outwardly piceous. Legs yellow. 



