174 DOLERUS SANGUINICOLLIS. 



17. DOLERUS SANGUINICOLLIS. 



Dolerus sanguinicollis, Klug, Berl. Mag., viii, 305, 240 ; Htg., 



Blattw., 236, 20 ; Andre, Species, 

 i, 270 ; Cat., 34,* 25. 



Bluish-black ; pronotum, tegulae, middle lobe of mesonotum at the 

 sides, lateral ones save a small spot near the tegulae, red. Antennae 

 short ; abdomen smooth, shining ; the segments bordered with white. 

 Tibiae and tarsi dull black. Wings brownish ; costa and stigma dull 

 black. 



Length 3| lines. 



Similar to hcemalodis, but smaller, the bluish tinge 

 is much more decided, antennae shorter, punctation 

 more distinct, and the wings darker. I have seen one 

 specimen in Shuckard's collection. 



Continental distribution : Germany, Spain. 



18. DOLERUS CORACINUS. 

 PL XIX, fig. 4, Saw. 



Dolerus coracinus, Klug, Berl. Mag., viii, 302 ; Ste., 111., vii, 87, 

 4; Htg., Blattw., 238, 28; Evers., 

 Bull. Mosc., xx, 25, 15; Thorns., 

 Hym. Scand., i, 292, 26. 



nitens, Zad., Beschr., 16 ; Andre, Species, i, 277, 57 ; 

 Cat., 35,* 43. 



Bluish-black, shining ; head and thorax covered with a greyish pile. 

 Vertex deeply punctured, the two sutures short but deep. Mesonotum 

 smooth, shining, middle lobe (save at apex), and the posterior three- 

 fourths of the scutellum finely punctured, the punctures shallow and 

 wide apart ; the middle suture deep, semicircular at the apex. Cenchri 

 moderately large, cream coloured. Abdomen smooth, shining, glabrous, 

 slightly keeled. The apex shortly pilose. Legs covered closely with a 

 grey pile, calcaria black. Antennae shorter than the abdomen, some- 

 what thickened in the middle ; third joint a little longer than the fourth. 

 Wings subhyaline, with a faint brownish tinge ; costa and stigma 

 blackish -fuscous, transverse radial nervure joined to the second trans- 

 verse cubital. 



Length 4 lines. 



The has the antennae as long as the body, the 

 greenish-blue tint of the body appears more decided ; 

 abdomen smooth and shining. The middle lobe of 

 mesonotum is more sharply pointed at the apex than in 

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