2.22 LYG^INA. 



inner ones only arise at tlie base close together ; they then curve a 

 little and form a parallel-sided long cell, of which the end is closed by 

 a cross nerve ; thence they are straight ; the other 2 arise from 

 a cross nerve vphich joins the base of the 2nd nerve, and is parallel 

 to, but distant from, the base; the outer one of the tvs^o (the 1st) 

 diverges to the anterior margin, the 2nd is straight and parallel to 

 the inner 2. Sternum in the centre flat, with a very fine channel on 

 the Mesosternum; on the anterior margin of the Metasternum, before 

 the coxa, a convoluted, obtuse process projects outwards. Legs 

 strong ; thighs very stout, thickest in the middle, the ends constricted ; 

 1st pair with a strong, short spine beneath ; tarsi long, on the pos- 

 terior legs longest ; 1st joint on the 3rd pair as long or longer than 

 the other 2. 



Abdomen above flat, the posterior margin of the last segment 

 roundly produced ; beneath as in Cgmus, but in the ? the 6th seg- 

 ment is longer in the middle, and the posterior margin straight ; 

 Connexivum moderate, much reflexed. Ge?iifal segments as in Cgmus, 

 but in the ? the 3rd segment is posteriorly rounded and the central 

 fissure more decided. 



Species 1. — Phygadicus Urtic^. 



CiMEX Urtic^, Fat). S. E. 723, 129 (1775); Bossi, F. E. ii, 1329 



(1790). 

 Lyg^us Uutic^, Fat). E. S. iv, 166, 106 (1794); S. R. 231, 136 

 (1S03); Fall. Mon. Cim. 63, 2 (1807); Hem. 

 Suec. 49, 2 (1829) ; Zeti. Faun. Ins. Lap. i, 469, 

 1 (1832) ; Ins. Lap. 262, 1 (1810). 

 Heteeogaster UKTiciE, Schill. Beitr. i, 84, 1, t. 7, fig. 8 (1829) ; Ha/i??, 

 Wanz. i, 73, t. 11, fig. 43 (1831); H. Schf. 

 Nom. Eut. i, 46 (1835); Burm. Handb. ii, 

 293, 1 (1835); Curt. B. E. xiii, 597, 3 

 (1836); Sahib. Geoc. Fen. 52, 1 (1848). 

 Phygadicus — Flor, Rliyn. Liv. i, 302, 1 (1860) ; Fieb. Europ. 



Hem. 202, 4 (1861) ; Stal, Vet. Aliad. Forli. 

 223, 1 (1862). 



Black, with fine light hairs ; pronotum, lateral and posterior margins 

 and a posterior bidentate spot, scntellv.m apex, cJavus and 

 corium, ochreous ; the latter with 3 black spots ; tihice yellow, 

 with 8 black rings ; connexivum with yellow spots. 



