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eutirely, hut^e of the membrane next the inner margin, a smaU, yome- 

 wbat triangular spot a little below tbe apex of tbe cuneus, and tbe 

 apex of tbe anterior margin pale blaekisb ; disk tbickly powdered 

 witb pale blackisb atoms more or less confluent ; cell-nerves, apical 

 tbird of tbe nerve green or pale. Legs pale yellowisb ; apical third 

 of tbe 1st and 2nd pair of thighs on tbe upper and nnder edges more 

 or less spotted witb black ; 3rd pair at tbe apex broadly, and an 

 oblique band, black : tbe upper edges spotted witb black tbrougbout 

 nearly tbeir entire length ; the lower side of tbe apex more or less 

 pale ; tibice witb small brownish or blackish spots, in each of which is 

 set a long, white, somewhat spinose hair ; 1st pair with 2 bands and 

 tbe apex black ; base pale ; 2ad with 3 black bands ; base and apex 

 pale ; 3rd with 3 black bands, tbe base narrowly pale and the bands 

 generally spotted with white ; /ffrA'i' brownish ; 1st and 3rd joints 

 piceous or black ; cJaa's brown. 



Length, 2f — 3 lines. 



Xot an uncommon species, on palings, &c., througiiout the 

 London district, in July and August. 



t^pecies 3. — Phytocoris uubils. 



Grayish-yellow, clothed with short silver-white hairs. Auteiina; ; 

 2nd joint black ; base and a narrow band beyond the middle 

 white ; tibi(B with 3 blackish bands. 



Head. — Clypeus with 4 pairs of narrow, transverse, dark streaks on 

 each side, between tbe eyes, tbe npper one frequently connected in 

 the middle ; apex of the side lobes black; ivree pale ; central lobe 

 witb a black V-shaped patch at tbe base, and another towards the 

 apex, its extremities in a line with the black apex of tbe side lobes 

 of tbe clypeus ; side lobes along tbe upper margin broadly black. 

 Antennce black ; 1st joint with long, fine, erect, pale hairs, base 

 narrowly and several spots of irregular size, white ; 2ud, at tbe base, 

 and a narrow band beyond the middle, white ; 3rd, at tbe base 

 narrowly white, or reddish-white. Uyes black. Eostrum pale ; tip 

 piceous. 



Thorax. — Proiwtum ; sides broadly black ; posterior margin white, 

 in tbe middle with a small triangular patch ; within tbe posterior 

 margin 2 somewhat lunate black patches, extending from tbe black 



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