LOPHYRUS VARIEGATUS. 77 



B. Posterior spurs not dilated, simple. 



Seventh abdominal segment not incised, oblong. 

 Legs for the greater part whitish-yellow ; 

 abdomen yellow, broadly banded with black 

 (species 3, variegatus). 



3. LOPHYRUS VARIEGATUS. 

 PI. II, fig. 5, ? . 



Lophyrus variegatus, Htg., Blattw., 137, 8 ; Konow, B. E. Z., 



oil. 



frutetorum, Thomson, Hym. Sc., i, 57, 5 ; Cam., Fauna, 

 i, 48, 3 (non Htg.). 



Black ; the pronotum, pleurae, and sternum, the greater part of the 

 ventral surface, the edges of the abdominal segments above, pale testa- 

 ceous, the legs pallid ; the femora (especially the posterior) brownish 

 suffused with black ; the apex of tarsal joints and of the tibiae blackish ; 

 basal two joints of the antennae pale ; the hinder edge of the vertex 

 obscure brownish. Wings clear hyaline; the stigma and costa testa- 

 ceous, the former black at the base. Head strongly punctured; the 

 vertex in the centre broadly but not sharply raised, projecting behind, 

 the lateral furrows being wide, shallow, and indistinct ; there is a narrow 

 indistinct furrow immediately behind the ocelli; frontal fovea oval, 

 deep ; clypeus sharply incised. Thorax strongly and coarsely punctured. 

 Middle furrow of mesonotum complete, narrow; post-scutellum very 

 coarsely, rugosely punctured, as long as the basal abdominal segment, 

 which is shagreened. 



The <$ is black, the belly reddish, paler towards the base ; strongly 

 punctured ; genital lobes pale red, oblong, triangular at the apex, punc- 

 tured; the apex of the antenna3 curved. 



Length fully 3^ lines. 



The above is a description of the British specimens 

 I have, but, according to Continental authors, the species 

 is very variable, the thorax being marked with testa- 

 ceous or pale markings ; the scutellum is as often as 

 not broadly spotted, and the abdomen may have the 

 segments broadly belted all round above. The antennae 

 are from eighteen- to twenty-jointed, but nineteen 

 appears to be the commonest number. 



The larva has the body of the green colour of the 

 pine leaf, with a dark double dorsal stripe and a 

 broader (also dark) lateral stripe. The skin fold is 



