252 TINGIDINA. 



larger from base to apex, some meshes irregularly black. Sternum 

 black, the edges of the segments ochreous ; Prosternum reticulated ; 

 Meso- and Metasternum punctate. Legs with short yellowish pu- 

 bescence ; thighs punctate-granulate, black, apex yellowish ; tibicB 

 finely granulate, yellowish ; tarsi yellowish, end of the last joint and 

 the claws black. 



Abdomen beneath, black, finely punctured, and with yellow pu- 

 bescence. 



Length, 1J line. 



Common on thistles in the autumn, and in moss during winter and 

 spring. 



Species 8. MONANTHIA AMPLIATA. 



MONANTHIA AMPLIATA, (Fieb.} H. Schf. Wanz. iv, 62, 397 a (1839) ; 

 Fieb. Ent. Mon. 59, t. 5, figs. 10, 11 (1844) ; 

 Europ. Hem. 120, 3 (1861). 



Ochreous-gray, with black spots ; side margins of the pronotum and 

 anterior margins of the elytra with 5 rows of meshes. 



Head black, with yellowish pubescence ; Crown with 3 posterior 

 equidistant, subprocumbent spines, anterior to these are 2 smaller 

 spines close to each other, and joined at the apex ; antenniferous 

 processes small, short. Antenna pilose ; 1st joint piceous ; 2nd and 

 3rd reddish-yellow; 4th black. Eyes black. Underside, at the 

 -base of the antennae, and on the margin of the rostral channel, 

 ochreous. 



Thorax. Pronotum; hood large, convex, projecting considerably 

 over the head ; side margins almost flat, rounded, very wide and 

 prominent in front, rather suddenly narrowed to a point at the 

 hinder angles, with 5 rows of small meshes, more or less variegated 

 with black streaks ; disk delicately reticulated, the scutellar process 

 with larger meshes ; keels with a black streak on the edge beyond 

 the middle, the dark colour sometimes spreading down on to the 

 disk. Elytra ; anterior margin very broad, nearly flat, with 5 rows 

 of meshes, transversely streaked with black ; before the middle, 

 where the meshes are smaller, the connection of the streaks forms a 

 spot ; sometimes the whole of the margin is similarly maculated ; 

 disk flat ; exterior to the cell vertical ; finely reticulate, posteriorly 

 with larger meshes, and black in patches ; the nerves and apex of 



