

PAMPHILIUS STELLATUS. 95 



Antennae reddish, extreme base yellow, scape black. Head black ; 

 clypeus ; two small marks over antennae, a large broad mark on either 

 side of the antennas touching the eyes ; the inner edge of this mark is 

 continued round the lower part of the eye into the yellow space at the 

 outside of the eye, which is entirely yellow, and from this the yellow is 

 continued in a thin band all round behind the vertex. On the vertex 

 behind are two small marks, longer than broad, and on either side of 

 these there runs a thin line from the yellow posterior border, and 

 curving round into a club a little in front of the eyes and in front of 

 the above-mentioned marks ; mandibles yellowish-testaceous, the apex 

 fuscous ; palpi yellow. Prothorax yellow. Mesonotum black ; in front 

 is a yellow mark, slightly curved at the base, produced into a blunt point 

 behind ; on the lateral lobe is a large yellow mark which is broadest in 

 front ; scutellum yellow. Sometimes the lateral mark is continued by 

 a thin line into the mark in middle lobe. Thorax on under side black ; the 

 greater part of mesopleura in front yellow, and there are two thin yellow 

 lines on breast which nearly converge in front; metapleurae for the 

 greater part yellow. Metanotum in front with a transverse yellow mark, 

 which is prolonged and thickened at either side, behind this is a shorter 

 mark of equal breadth throughout. Abdomen black above, the sides, 

 apex, and more or less of the apical segments in the middle reddish- 

 testaceous ; ventral surface yellow, black more or less in the middle. 

 Legs: coxae and trochanters yellow; femora yellowish beneath, tes- 

 taceous at apex, above broadly banded with black ; knees, tibiae, and tarsi 

 testaceous, the tarsi infuscated at the apices of the joints. Wings 

 hyaline. Nervures ferruginous, costal nervure black in front of stigma. 



The J has the upper side of the body almost entirely black and is 

 more pilose than the ? . The head is yellow on lower side, black above 

 the antennae, except a few obscure yellow marks as in the $ , but these 

 may be entirely absent. The yellow mark on the mesopleura is smaller ; 

 there is more yellow on the sternum, and the metapleura is mostly 

 black. The mesonotum is entirely black, but sometimes there are two 

 obscure yellow marks on the middle lobe. 



Length 6 7 lines. 



The yellow marks on head and thorax may be 

 broader or narrow, and the scutellum is sometimes 

 almost entirely black. 



Larva : The head is pale fulvous, dotted with blackish 

 points ; the antenna black, banded with yellow. The 

 body olive-green, of a more yellowish tint on the sides. 

 On the second segment is a dark brown, shining, horny 

 spot. On the back is a dark brown longitudinal line, 

 and another of the same colour goes down the sides. 

 Under the last is a clear yellowish stripe. The legs 

 are yellowish, marked with black spots in the centre. 



The eggs are laid in the young pine needles, are 

 green in colour, and elongated in shape. The larvae 

 come out of them in eight days after they are laid. 



