1867.] C)Q 
t. 1, 17, fig. 1—18 (1851) ; Walleng., Oefv. K. Vet. Akad. 
Forb. xi., IIG, 9 (1855) ; Kolen., Mel. Ent. vi., 70, 27G (1857) ; 
Fieh., Europ. Hem. 95, 21 (1861). 
CoRiSA (Coeisa) pr^usta, Flor, Ehyn. Li v. i., 787, 2 (1860). 
Black -brown witb ocbreous markings, sliglitly sbining. Pronoficm, 
clavus, and corium distinctly rastrate. Pronotum with 8 — 9, mostly 
entire, black lines. Clavus and corium with similar, undulating, sub- 
parallel, interrupted lines. Xfy,? ocbreous : 1st pair, in the (^ — tJiighs 
with a spot at the base ; tibioB with a large spot above, black ; 2;«/<«, on 
the first half, sub-parallel with the upper-side, broadly reflexed ; on the 
second half widened and turned spirally inwards : 3rd pair — tarsi, 1st 
joint posteriorly with a broad black band. 
Head — yellowish-brown, darker in front of the crown ; face ochreous, 
in the ^ extending upwards to, in a line with, the middle of 
the eyes. 
Thorax — Pronotum elongate, rounded behind, disc with 8 — 9 equal 
black lines, entire, except the middle ones, which are interrupted, 
and the ends overlap each other ; the ochreous intervals about the 
same breadth as the lines. Elytra — Glavus and corium with 
similar, undulating, sub-parallel, often interrupted lines, except 
five or six at the base of the clavus, which are wide, straight, and 
entire ; anterior marginal channel of the corium pale livid through- 
out ; line of the membrane-suture indistinct ; membrane covered 
with broad, hieroglyphic pale marks, sub-parallel on the inner 
margin, anterior margin black. Sternum black; scapidce, pleur(B, 
and ])arapleur(e ochreous, scapulae mwa,rd\j, pleura at the base, and 
inwardly black. Leys ochreous ; 1st pair, in the (^ — thighs with 
a black spot at the base ; tihioB arcuate, with a large black spot 
above ; palce, on the first half sub-parallel, the upper-side broadly re- 
flexed and depressed, on the second half widened and turned spirally 
inward, the upper margin black ; in the ? , palce cultrate, regular, 
apex acute, base on the under-side rather wider than the apex of 
the tibiae : 2nd pair — thighs, often towards the apex, and tihia and 
tarsi at the apex, brown: 3rd pair — tarsi, in both sexes, 1st joint 
posteriorly with a broad black band from eide to side, mostly 
covered by the long black cilia, therefore more distinctly seen on 
the under-side; 2nd joint clear yellow, margins black. 
Abdomen above, black, connexivum ochreous ; beneath, dusky ochreous ; 
in the ^ the first 4 segments, except on the posterior margin, in 
the $ the first two at the base, fuscous. Length S^ — 3| liiies. 
