LEPTOSCELIS BALTEATUS. Thorace subspinoso; ferrugineus, elytris lineâ
transversâ flavâ, femoribus posticis gracilibus spinulosis. (Long. Corp.
6½ lin.)
SYN. Cimex balteatus, _Linn. Mant._ 534. _Fabr. Ent. Syst._ 4. 142. 27.
_Syst. Rh._ 213. 39. (Lygæus b.)
HABITAT: Jamaica.
Head small and slender, red brown, striped with black. Eyes projecting.
Antennæ dark brown, or russet colour, and almost the length of the
insect. Thorax red brown, with two small yellow spots in front; lying
above the level of the head, and terminating at the side in right angles.
Scutellum small and angular. Hemelytra coriaceous half way down, and with
the basal portion brown red; the apical membrane opake and dark brown;
having a yellow bar crossing them near the middle. Wings transparent.
Abdomen, above, yellow, and edged with dark brown, the sides being
entire; underneath, entirely dark clay-coloured. Proboscis extending to
the abdomen along the breast, and lying between the legs.