DELTOCEPHALUS PUNCTUM. $9 



mottlings. Pronotum about equal to the crown in 

 height, with two or more punctures, and sometimes 

 with pale or whitish stripes. Scutellum small. Abdo- 

 men large and fusiform ; colour bright orange-yellow, 

 with broad brown bands on the segmental rings, leaving 

 the orange colour in fine cross stripes. Pygofer orange, 

 and cleft at the apex. Legs yellow, with a few or else no 

 black points. Setae yellow. Elytron warm ochreous- 

 yellow, with six irregular black spots, three of which 

 are generally seen on the clavus : these spots are some- 

 times annular, and not constant in their positions. 

 Wings iridescent. The genitalia are very similar to 

 those of -D. striatus. 



Very common on the sea-shore at Eomney Marsh 

 and other like places. 



Inch. Millimetres. 



Expanse 0-24 6-10 



Size 0-15 3-81 



Deltocephalus PUNCTUM, FloT. Plate L., figs. 4, 4 a, 

 and LV., fig. 4. 



Deltocephalus punctum, Flor; Marsh.; Kirschb. ; 



Sahib.; Scott; Edw. pt. ii. p. 55. 

 D. costalis, Fieb. ? 



Vertex and pronotum warm ochreous-brown ; the 

 former long in proportion to its width. A fine brown 

 line occurs on each side, running from the apex to 

 the eye and very near to the margin. Eyes dark 

 brown. Pronotum shorter than the vertex ; with or 

 without four linear white stripes. Scutellum with 

 three black points. Legs ochreous. Hind tibia with 

 a fine dark inner line and tufted yellow setae. Tarsi 

 tipped with brown. Elytron pale ochreous, somewhat 

 hyaline. Apical areas feebly margined with brown. A 

 conspicuous black spot on or at the point of the fourth 

 apical area, with sometimes a smaller one near the 

 costa. 



