250 TINGIDINA. 



Species 6. MONANTHIA RETICULATA. 



MONANTHIA KETICULATA, H. Schf. Wanz. iii, 72, t. 95, fig. 288 (1836). 

 CILIATA, Fieb. Ent. Mon. 67, 10, t. 5, figs. 3133 (1844) j 

 Europ. Hem. 122, 12 (1861). 



Flat, broad, brownish-yellow, covered with long projecting hairs, 



which, on the circumference form a fringe. 



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Head black ; Crown with 5 yellow projecting spines, viz., two at 

 the base close to the eyes, one in the middle and two joined into 

 one, in front. Antennce with long projecting hairs; 1st 3 joints 

 brownish-yellow, 4th black. Eyes black. Rostrum yellowish, the 

 base and end black. 



Thorax. Pronotum; hood rhomboidal, the anterior margin pro- 

 jecting over the base of the head ; side margins broad, rounded, 

 projecting, reflexed, with 3 (almost 4) rows of large meshes, on which 

 are a few brown streaks ; disk, the keels strong and deep, the middle 

 one going over the hood, following the contour of the pronotum and 

 extending to the apex, viewed sideways several small meshes are 

 visible ; the scutellar process rounded at the apex, the meshes larger 

 than on the disk. Elytra ; disk flat, deflected outside the cells to 

 the anterior margin ; cell-nerves strong ; the reticulation gradually 

 larger posteriorly ; anterior margin rounded, broad, reflexed, pos- 

 teriorly gradually flatter, with 3 rows of large meshes streaked with 

 black ; the edge stout with brown-black spots. Sternum brownish- 

 yellow sprinkled with white. Legs with long projecting hairs; 

 thighs piceous ; tibia and tarsi brownish-yellow, the end of the last 

 joint of the latter and the claws black. 



Abdomen finely haired, dark brown, the margins of the segments 

 black. 



Length, 2 lines. 



Bare. One specimen from Mr. Wollaston's collection and one 

 from Mr. "Waterhouse's, without note of locality. 



Eieber says the species is found in cut woods under the basal 

 leaves of Verlascum thapsus and other woolly species of this genus of 

 plants; also singly in sandy places under Senecio Jacolca, in the 

 month of October. 



