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confluent, giving- tbe tliiglis a marbled appearance ; extreme apex 

 pale ; tihi(C with long, fine, pale brown hairs ; 1st pair with 3 black 

 or brown bands, the 3rd one at the apex ; base pale, sides below the 

 knees wnth a very short brown streak ; the 2 upper bands with a 

 few minute white spots ; 2iid pair with 3 black or brown bands ; 

 ))ase and apex pale ; knees on the underside brown : the 2 upper 

 bands generally with a few minute white spots ; 3rd pair with 3 

 black or brown bands, the 1st at the base ; 1st and 2nd spotted with 

 white ; 3rd before the apex generally indistinct ; apex pale ; knees 

 pale ; tarsi yellowish or brownish-yellow ; 1st joint darker, 3rd 

 black ; cJairs reddish-brown. 



Abdomen, underneath brown, sparingly clothed with short yel- 

 lowish hairs ; centre more or less distinctly yellowish or brownish- 

 yellow. 



Length, 2-| — 3 lines. 



Probably this is the species which has hitherto been considered 

 by collectors in this country as P. Populi (from which insect it is 

 difficult to separate), and we are disposed to this view from the fact 

 of all our specimens having been examined by Dr. Fieber, and of 

 our never having met with the latter species. According to Fieber 

 and Flor, Popxdi is somewhat scarce on tlie Continent, occurring 

 but singly. P. crassipes is rather common, and has been taken at 

 Dartford Brent, by sweeping, in August ; also on apple trees. 



Species 6.— Phytocoris divergens. 



MiEis LOXGicoEXis, Wolff, Ic. Cim. 155, p. 15, fig^. 149 (1800). 

 Phytocokis Ulmi, Fall. Hem. Suec. i, 89, 25 (1829). 



— LOKGicoBNis, Biirm. Handb. ii, 269, 10 (1835). 



— DiVEKGENs, Meijcr, Caps. 44, 3, p. 1, fig. 1 (1813) ; Kirschb. 



Caps. 39, 19 & 108 (1855); Flor, Rhyn. Liv. 

 i, 415, 2 (1S60) ; & ii, 594, 3 (1861) ; Fieb. 

 Europ. Hem. 259, 6 (ISGl). 



Brownish-red, thickly and irregularly covered with yellow hairs in 

 small patches, and intermixed witli longer and more erect 

 black ones. 



Head. — Crown very convex, with a short channel between the 

 eyes; Face; central lobe brown. Antennce ; basal joint yellowish^ 



