234 LYG^lNA. 



whitish spot near the base, a large spot at the end of the 1st nerve, 

 and the apex piceous ; on the disk, below the middle, two piceous 

 spots each one on a nerve ; the outer nerve usually brownish as far 

 as the spot ; Membrane spotless. Sternum on the centre black, on 

 the sides whitish, with strong distant black punctures ; on the Metas- 

 ternum a distinct, large, oval, black spot ; posterior half of the seg- 

 ment clear, creamy white ; the process at the base of the coxae cream 

 coloured, with the depression thereon dusky. Legs ; thighs red ; 

 tibicB reddish ; tarsi ; 1st joint reddish, apex piceous ; 2nd and 3rd 

 black. 



Abdomen above ; shining, basal half black, the junction of the seg- 

 ments and the posterior segments entirely, red ; Connexivum red, 

 with a broad, interrupted piceous band on the upper half. Under- 

 side very finely and closely haired, black ; posterior segments more 

 or less brown. 



Length, 2 lines. 



Not uncommon among heath, nearly throughout the year. 



Genus 3. CYMUS, Hahn. 



Elongate, narrow, sub-elliptic. 



Head short ; Crown rather convex, quadrangular ; sides a little 

 widened in front, and ending in a short process, within which the an- 

 tennae are deeply set ; Face short, curved in a line with the crown ; 

 central lobe wide, obtuse ; side lobes narrow and short. Antennae 

 as long as the head and pronotum ; 1st joint thick, reaching as far 

 the end of the face, not \ so long as the 2nd ; 2nd and 3rd thin ; 

 4th shorter than the 3rd, fusiform. Eyes small, semi-globose, pro- 

 minent. Ocelli rather nearer to the eyes than to each other. 

 Rostrum reaching across the mesosternum ; basal joint as long as the 

 head, and not in a channel. 



Thorax. Pronotum long trapeziform ; anterior margin straight) 

 a little raised ; hinder angles rounded, but prominent ; disk slightly 

 depressed transversely just behind the anterior margin ; in the centre 

 of the first half a short, slight keel; posteriorly deflected to the pos- 

 terior margin. Scutellum small, triangular, base depressed, centre 

 raised, carinate. Elytra wider and longer than the abdomen ; Coriwni 

 with the nerves very fine ; Membrane wide, with 5 nerves, of 

 which only the two inner ones (i.e. the 4th and 5th) arise at the 



