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Species 1. — Lygus pabulinus. 



CiMEX PABULINUS, Li>i. F. S. 974 (17G1); S. N. 737, 83 (1767). 



MiRis — Fab. S. R. 254, 5 (1803). 



Pkytocoris pabulinus, Fall. Hem. Suec. i, 79, 4 (1829) ; Zett. Ins. 



Lap. 272, 2 (1839). 

 Capsus affinis, Meyer, Caps. 48, 6, tab. i, fig. 5 (1843). 

 Phi'tocoris affinis, Koleii. Mel. Eut. ii, 116, 93 (1845). 

 Capsus pabulinus, Sahib. Geoc. Fen. 101, 21 (1848) ; Kirschb. Caps. 



57, 52 (1855). 

 Capsus (Capsus) pabulinus, Flor, Rhyn. Liv. i, 507, 22 (1860). 

 Lygus pabulinus, Fieb. Europ. Hem. 276, 10 (1861). 



Elongate, somewhat ovaL 



Pale green or greenish-yellow, clothed with fine, short, depressed, 

 white hairs. 



Head. — Antennce as long as the body, green or greenish-yellow ; 

 apex of the 2nd joint, and 3rd and 4th, brown. Eyes black. Bostrum 

 greenish, tip brown. 



Thorax. — Pronotum ; callosities joined in front by a short trans- 

 verse keel ; disk thickly and finely punctured. SciiteUuvi ; basal 

 portion coarsely, hinder portion finely, wrinkled transversely. 

 Elytra : Clavus and Corium finely punctured ; 3Iemhrane pale 

 fuscous, iridescent ; between the apex of the cuneus and inner cell- 

 nerve a somewhat curved streak, and below the cells a longitudinal 

 streak, brown ; inner marginal nerve brownish-yellow at the base ; 

 cell-nerves green ; apex of the outer cell generally with a small brown 

 spot. Sternum green. Legs greenish-yellow ; tihim with fine, short, 

 somewhat spinose, yellowish hairs ; tarsi brown ; 3rd joint blackish ; 

 claws brownish-yellow. 



Abdomen ; upper and underside green. 



Length, 2f— 3 lines. 



An abundant species from June to September, on bushes generally, 

 and by sweeping amongst grass, &.c. It has occurred at Sauder- 

 stead, Tunbridge Wells, and other places in the Loudon district. 

 New Forest (Marshall). 



