PSALLID^. 419 



margin yellowish ; disk, next the base broadly pale yellowish, 

 next the apex, especiaUy between the 1st nerve and the claval 

 suture, more or less broadly red ; inner margin between the apes 

 of the clavus and the cuneus narrowly white ; in yellowish-white 

 examples the apex of the anterior margin is somewhat reddish- 

 brown, and between the 1st nerve and the claval suture, a large, 

 somewhat triangular, brownish patch ; Cuneus reddish or orange 

 yellow, the base broadly, apex and margins frequently, whitish ; 

 2Iemhrane pale fuscous, iridescent ; between the apex of the cuneus 

 and the inner cell-nerve, a pale, triangular patch ; anterior margin 

 narrowly, a transverse curved streak below the pale patch, a streak 

 below the apex of the cells and the exterior margin of the latter, 

 blackish ; inner marginal nerve brownish ; cell-nerves pale yellowish, 

 or whitish ; apex of both cells blackish. Sternum reddish or reddish- 

 orange ; Ilesosternum ; sides narrowly yellowish- white. Legs pale 

 yellowish-white; thighs; 1st pair underneath, sometimes with a 

 short, red streak at the apex ; 3rd broadly orange-yellow or red at 

 the apex ; all the pairs spotted with^brown, the spots on the 3rd pair 

 frequently almost forming rings ; tihice with black spots, and long, 

 somewhat spinose, black hairs ; apex narrowly brownish ; tarsi 

 yellow ; 3rd joint and claws brown. 



Ahdomen underneath reddish, clothed with fine, short, golden- 

 yellow hairs ; base in the centre yellowish-white. 



Length, \\ — 2 lines. 



Yellowish-white examples are the variety P. insignis of Fieber. 

 Abundant on birches at Darenth and elsewhere, in the London 

 district, in June. 



Species 10. — PSALLUS distinctus. 



PsALLUs DiSTixcTVS, Fieh. Wien. Ent. Monats. ii, 337, 26 (1S5S) ; 

 Europ. Hem. 305, 15 (1S61). 



Pale orange-yellowish, clothed uitli fine, depressed, whitish-yellow 

 hairs. 



Head. — Croivn ; posterior margin pale yellowish- white. AntenncB 

 yellow ; 1st joint with a very narrow, black ring in the middle. 

 Rostrum yellowish : Ith joint brown. 



Thorax. — Pronotum anteriorly, sides narrowly, and a fine central 

 line, pale yellowish-white. ScufeUum orange-red ; sides, from the 



