LYGID^E. 445 



Head. Crown with a yellowish or reddish-yellow spot at the 

 inner margin of each eye. Antennce black, somewhat thickly clothed 

 with short, nearly erect, black hairs. Rostrum pitchy black. 



Elytra. Corium ; apical margin narrowly, and a spot immedi- 

 ately below the apex of the clavus, yellow or reddish-yellow ; Ouneus 

 black, the base broadly yellow or reddish-yellow, paler towards the 

 inner margin ; apex reddish yellow ; basal inner angle narrowly 

 black ; Membrane black, faintly iridescent ; cell-nerves yellowish, ex- 

 teriorly with a pale yellowish margin ; cells yellowish ; apex of the 

 outer one broadly black. Legs black, somewhat stout ; tibiae with 

 2 yellowish or reddish-yellow bands, and somewhat spinose black 

 hairs ; the band towards the apex at least twice as broad as that 

 towards the base; tarsi and claws black; underside clothed with 

 short, golden-yellow hairs. 



Length, 2^ 2| lines. 



Extremely like P. holosericem, of which we have not yet seen an 

 authentic British specimen, but easily distinguished from it by its 

 entirely black antennae, and will most probably be found standing in 

 collections in this country under the latter name. It is a somewhat 

 common species at Mickleham and elsewhere by sweeping amongst 

 Stachys sylvatica, &c., in July. 



FAMILY 14. LYGID.E. 

 Genus 1. CHARAGOCHILUS, Fieb. 



Short, oval. 



Head almost vertical, in front somewhat pointed; 1% times as 

 broad across the eyes as long ; Grown convex, very much deflected ; 

 Clypeus convex a little in front of, and running parallel with the an- 

 terior margin of the eyes ; base almost level with the upper margin 

 of the eyes ; apex and short antenniferous processes in a line with the 

 middle of the lower half of the eyes ; Face ; central lobe long, convex, 

 somewhat pointed ; side lobes short, narrow, rounded outwardly. 

 Antenna shorter than the body ; 1st joint cylindrical, about as long 

 as the head ; 2nd about 2 times as long as the 1st, slightly thickened 

 to the apex ; 3rd and 4th filiform, together as long as the 2nd, 3rd 

 equal to the 4th. Eyes large, prominent, viewed from above hemi- 

 spherical ; from the side long oval. Rostrum reaching to the 2nd 



