PHYLIDiE. 357 



Thorax. — Pronotum transversely wrinkled. Elytra ; Cuneus black ; 

 Memhrane black, iridescent, with a white triangular patch between 

 the apex of the cuneus and the cells ; cell-nerves and cells black, 

 apex of the former white. Legs pale yellowish-white ; tihics with 

 short, somewhat spiuose, yellow hairs; tarsi; 3rd joint at the apex 

 brown ; claivs paler. 



Ahdomen underneath, black or brown. 



In brownish-black or grayish examples the following differences 

 exist : 



Head. — Croivn brown. 



Pronotum pale gray, palest towards the anterior margin ; anterior 

 margin narrowly black, and a piceous spot at the anterior angles. 

 Scutellum as far as the transverse channel, more or less ochreous or 

 reddish-yellow ; basal angles generally brown ; hinder portion brown, 

 frequently with a pale central line. Eli/tra ; Corium at the base 

 sometimes reddish-brown ; anterior margin black, the colour spread- 

 ing as it reaches the apex into a clavate patch ; apex narrowly white ; 

 between the posterior inner angle and the cuneus a narrow whitish 

 streak; Cuneus reddish or brownish-yellow ; apex and anterior margin 

 broadly black ; Memhrane with a large, black, triangular patch, ex- 

 tending from below the white patch to the apex ; inner marginal 

 nerve black. 



Length, 21 lines. 



Bx'ownish-black or grayish examples are most frequently met with. 

 Black ones occur but sparingly. 



A common species at Darenth, upon nut-bushes, in June and 

 Julv. 



Sjjecies 4. — Phylus Avellan^e. 



Capsus Avellan.e, H. Schf. Wauz. vi, fig. 670 (lSi2); Meyer ^ 

 Caps, ii, fig.;: 2 (L8i3) ; Kirsclib. Caps. 75, 86 

 (1855). 



Phylus — Fieb. Europ. Hem. 314, 5 (1861). 



Grayish-red, brownish, or brownish-red, clothed with yellow hairs. 

 Memhrane pale pitchy brown, the inner cell, and a streak below 

 the cuneus. paler. 



