LOPHYHUS PINt. 79 



Lopliyrus pini, King, Berl. Mag., vi, 50, 2 ; Fall., Mon., 14, 3 ; 

 Lep., Mon., 54, 154; Curt., B. E., ii, pi. liv ; 

 Ste., 111., vii, 21,1; Dbm., Prod., 86, 26 ; Htg., 

 Blattw., 141, 9, pi. iii, f. 24, pi. iv, f. 1 (lar.) ; 

 Yoll., Tijd. Ent., i, 180, pi. ii, viii, 71, pi. iv, 

 f. 4 and 5 (lar.) ; Thorns., Hyra. Sc., i, 69, 9 ; 

 Cam., Fauna, 48, 4 ; Andre, Species, i, 59 and 

 67 ; Cat., 8,* 9. 



Testaceous ; head, antennae, breast, more or less of the mesonotum, 

 and of abdomen above and beneath, black. Legs obscure testaceous ; 

 coxae at base, more or less of four anterior tibiae and femora, and the 

 posterior femora, except at base and apex, black. Apex of hinder tibiae 

 fuscous. Wings hyaline ; costa and stigma testaceous, the base of the 

 latter black. 



<$ black ; labrum, palpi, knees, tibiae, and tarsi, testaceous. Meso- 

 notum strongly punctured. 



Length 3 4 lines. 



This is a very variable species. Most of my Scotch- 

 bred specimens have the breast broadly and the mesono- 

 notum, scutellum and metanotum, and the greater part 

 of the back of the abdomen, and a considerable part of 

 the underside, black, but lighter varieties are not un- 

 common. One aberration has the mesonotum testa- 

 ceous with three black marks, and with this form the 

 scutellum may be entirely black in part, or entirely 

 testaceous. Generally the head is entirely black, but 

 occasionally specimens are found with the mouth pale. 

 The quantity of black on the legs varies, especially on 

 the four anterior, but I have never seen specimens 

 without some black on the posterior femora. 



The larva has the head shining, covered with a few 

 hairs, reddish-brown at the back and sides, black in 

 centre of the face except a line a little above the 

 mouth, and which extends across ; the eyes are placed 

 in the black part. 



The body is whitish-green ; is covered with small 

 black dots, which form lines across the body. Over 

 the ventral legs are three black marks, longer than 

 broad, and almost joined to each other. Above there are 

 thirteen squarish black marks, the first of which almost 

 touches the head, and the last pair are much larger 

 than the others. The anal segment is beset with 

 hairs. Spiracles fuscous, almost black. Below the 



