556 REDUVINA. 



Head. Crown ; in the middle a stout black line from the ocelli to 

 the base of the face ; sides black before and behind the eyes ; Face ; 

 central lobe at the sides narrowly black. Antennas; 1st joint 

 shorter than the head ; 1st 3 joints yellow-brown, 3rd at the apex, 

 and 4th and 5th entirely, piceous-black. Eyes piceous. Ocelli red- 

 brown, shining. Rostrum yellow-brown, apex black. 



Thorax. Pronotum ; the 1st f rds gradually widened behind the 

 annulus, yellow-brown, the centre with a broad black line (some- 

 times not extending to the front) ; sides sometimes black ; the pos- 

 terior 3rd suddenly much and roundly widened, convex, more or less 

 suffused with fuscous, the central line fine, brown, sometimes on each 

 side of it a pale line ; posterior margin slightly concave. Scutellum 

 black, sides ochreous or yellow. Elytra ; Clavus with a black spot 

 at the apex; Corium ; nerves somewhat pale, with 2 small black 

 spots on the 1st, the 1st spot beyond the middle, the other at the 

 end; membrane-suture with a black spot near the apex of the 

 corium ; Membrane pale, with fuscous nerves ; the nerves of the 

 3 middle cells do not reach the base, and from each of the 2 middle 

 nerves proceed a side nerve, longitudinal, but not extending to the 

 end of the cells, that in the 1st cell longest. Sternum black, sides, 

 outside the coxae, with a broad yellow stripe ; Prosternum in front and 

 around the coxae yellow, the middle with a black spot. Legs with 

 fine pale hairs ; thighs with longitudinal rows of brown or black 

 spots on the 1st and 2nd pairs beneath, forming fine transverse 

 lines; tibicd; on the 1st and 2nd pairs, the small teeth beneath 

 black ; tarsi brownish-yellow, apex of the 3rd joint, and claivs, 

 black. 



Abdomen above, black ; beneath yellow or ochreous, with a central 

 narrow line and the sides broadly black ; Connexivum ochreous. 



Length, 3^ lines. 



Common among grass under bushes in autumn, winter, and 

 spring. 



