NABID-^. 549 



the Gtli segment, iu both sexes, with its posterior margin concave 

 and the angles promiaeut ; Connexivum very broad and greatly 

 reflexed. 



Sjjecies 1. — Nabis brevipennis. 



Nabis brevipennis, IlaJin, Wanz. iii, 33, t. S3, fig. 253 (1S35) ; Flor, 

 Kliyu. Liv. i, G9]., 1 (18G0); Fieb. Europ. Hem. 

 159, 1 (ISGl). 



Black ; clothed with fine silk)^ pale yellowish hairs ; pronotum an- 

 teriorly and posteriorly, and the clijtra, dull, yellow-brown ; 

 elyira very short. 



Head yellow-brown, sometimes with dark shades, beneath black. 

 AntenncB yellow-brown ; 1st joint as long as the head, black at base 

 and apex ; 2nd black just below the apex ; 3rd and 4th brown. Eyes 

 and Ocelli black. Rostrum yellow-brown. 



Thorax. — Pronotum yellow-brown, anteriorly and posteriori}^ 

 generally clear, in the middle shaded with brown, and with a short, 

 slight, longitudinal keel ; sides black, iu the middle slightly curved 

 out ; posterior margin straight. ScutcUum deep black, sometimes 

 yellovr on the sides. Elytra narrow, ^ the length of the abdomen ;■ 

 Clavus QMdi C'or/^fHJ yellow-brown ; Memhrane paler, sometimes mot- 

 tled with brown, very short, and with only 2 short cells. Sternum 

 black, the odoriferous orifice large, prominent, yellow. Legs with 

 very fine, subappressed, yellowish hairs ; thighs brown, mottled with 

 yellow ; tihice yellow, base and apex broadly black or black-brown ; 

 1st and 2nd pairs, in the middle, with a broad, brown ring, some- 

 times also, but fainter, on the 3rd pair ; the last on the inner side 

 have 2 rows of stout, brownish hairs ; tarsi yellow, base and apex of 

 the 2nd joint, apex of the 3rd, and the claws, black-brown. 



Abdomen in the ^ with the sides moi'e parallel than in the $ ; 

 above black, shining; Connexivum ; at the base of each segment a 

 triangular orange spot. Underside shining, brown shaded with 

 black ; stigmata orange. 



Length, 4^ lines. 



Scarce : taken by Mr. Gr. R. Crotch ; locality not stated. 



