600 CORIXINA. 



Species 7. CORIXA SAHLBERGI. 



CORIXA STRIATA, Sahib. Not Een. 9, 1 (1819), excl. syn. 



GEOFPROYI, Stoll, Pun. t. 15, fig. 13 B, et t. 32, fig. 15 c (1788). 

 CORISA SAIILBERGII, Fieb. Syn. Coris. No. 10 (1848) ; Spec. Coris. 25, 



24, t. 2, fig. 3, pate (1851). 



SAHLBERGI, Walleng. Oefv. xi, 144, 5 (1855); .ft>.Europ. Hem, 



94, 16 (1861). 



(CouiSA) SAHLBERGII, Flor, Rhyn. Liv. i, 790, 4 (1860). 



Above fuscous-black, dull. Pronotum elongate, with 8 transverse 

 pale lines. Clavus and corium with fine, parallel, undulating, 

 pale lines ; apex of the corium pale, clear of markings ; line of 

 the membrane-suture pale, distinct. 



Head yellow ; Crown brown ; Face ; in the <$ the depression 

 slight, obovate, reaching upwards a little beyond the lower angles 

 of the eyes. 



Thorax. Pronotum elongate, posteriorly angulated, with 8 (rarely 

 9) fine, pale-yellow, entire, transverse lines ; the longitudinal middle 

 line a little raised in front ; side margins brownish. Elytra ; Clavus 

 and Corium with fine, yellowish, somewhat distant, parallel, mostly 

 entire lines (some rarely furcate at the claval suture) slightly undu- 

 lating, except at the base of the clavus ; Corium ; anterior marginal 

 channel livid yellowish, apex dull yellowish, clear of markings ; 

 claval suture dark ; line of the membrane-suture distinct, pale yel- 

 lowish, followed by a dark line or shade ; Membrane shining, with 

 broader, more undulating and angular lines than those on the corium, 

 on the disk interrupted, on the inner margin short and straight ; 

 posterior margin broadly fuscous- brown. Sternum black; Pro- 

 sternum ; lobes yellow ; Mesosternum ; Scapula outwardly pale or 

 livid yellow, at the base black ; Metasternum ; xyphus yellow, or 

 the base black ; pleurae and parapleurcs pale yellow, the former livid 

 at the base. Legs pale yellow ; 1st pair, thighs, in the $ , at the base 

 and apex black ; palce cultrate, in the < broad, widened above, sud- 

 denly rounded, brown on the margins beneath, in the ? pointed ; 

 2nd pair, tliiglis brown posteriorly ; tibia brownish ; tarsi with a 

 brown spot at the apex ; 3rd pair, tibia and tarsi with black cilia. 



Abdomen above black, sides pale yellow ; beneath, in the $ , the 



