﻿3. rivularis Germ.? Head, tliorax and scutel black, the 1st variegated 



with yellow, the 2nd with the anterior edge and a band at the base 

 yellow ; elytra ochrcous with 5 or G oblique piceous lines and a brown 

 spot near the apex : 1^. 



4. puella Curt. Greenish or brownish white, head with an oval ring of 



black dots, face and legs spotted with black, base of thighs piceous ; 

 elytra with 9 or 10 brown spots, with the apex of the same colour, the 

 nervurcs and the spaces between 2 brown spots on the costa towards 

 the apex, pearly white : 1;^. 



5. insularis Cliri. Ochreous, head with 2 triangular and 2 round dots 



at the apex ; elytra witli the spaces between the ner^'ures margined 

 with brown, costa brown towards the apex with 2 pale spots; abdomen 

 blackish with a white band at the apex : 1^. 



6. COStata Curt, similar to the last, but the face above is ribbed with 



black ; thighs banded, legs spotted with piceous ; elytra indistinctly 

 clouded, apex of abdomen ochreous. 



7. pallidipennis C//;/. Ochreous with a greenish tinge ; elytra slightly 



reticulated with brown at the apex; face with several brown ribs : 1^. 



8. maculipennis Curf. Ochreous, clypeus with a brown spot and a 



curved line on the cheeks, face brown with 7 curved ochreous ribs on 

 each side ; crown with 2 small and 2 large brown spots; thorax with 4 

 brown stripes : abdomen black above except at the apex ; elytra va- 

 riegated with brown, except on the costa: 1^^. 



9. sabulicola Curt. D. E. J)L 633. Pale ochreous, upper part of 



face and crown variegated with ferruginous brown : abdomen black, 

 sides and apex ochreous ; elytra glaucous when closed, with 5 brown 

 spots and smaller ones near the apex; nerNiares pearly white: wings 

 with a fuscous spot at the apex. 

 4th June, not uncommon on the sand-hills near Lowestoft. 



10. sulphurea Ctirt. Greenish yellow, very glossy, 4 pale dots on the 

 forehead and 2 on the scutel; elytra pale, tips and wings pale fuscous, 

 pectus and dots on hinder tibiic piceous : 2\. 



1 1 . tfeniola Curt. Ochreous, clypeus and cheeks with 5 vertical stripes, 

 face with a double row of black ribs, crown with a black band ; thorax 

 dotted with black; elytra duller, legs spotted piceous, hinder tibia? with 

 a stripe down the inside : 2. 



12. Craticula Curt. Similar to the last, clypeus with narrow marks, 

 face with very tine ribs, crown with (J dots in triangle; thorax, scutel 

 and inner margin of elytra dotted; legs striped and s])otted : 2\. 



End of July, on rushes : it is infested in the different stages 

 with a large black parasite attached to the sides of the thorax. 

 1 3. niaculipes Curt. Dark ochreous, cheeks, 3 dots and many ribs on 



the face black ; crown, anterior margin of thorax and scutel with black 



dots, the latter with a cross ; apex and inner margin of elytra with 



fuscous spots ; wings fuscous ; base of anterior thighs black, hinder 



legs striped and dotted .female less marked: 2f. 

 Ik nitida Curt. Face ribbed with black, head and scutel dotted; 



thorax with 4 fuscous indistinct stripes ; elytra freckled, except at 



the costa ; legs spotted, hinder tibia* striped : 1 ',. 

 15. unimaculata Curt. Dull ochreous, face with imperfect ribs, head 



witli fuscous dots, scutel with one black dot at the base, elytra partially 



freckled ; abdomen black at the base, with black dots down to the 



apex ; legs faintly spotted, hinder tibi;r striped : 2. 

 IG. laia Curt. Rroad, shining ochreous, base of abdomen freckled with 



l)lack, a line of dots down the back and oviduct piceous : '1\. 

 1 7. pulverulenta Curt. Ochreous, dull with a whitish bloom, forehead 



triLTonatc ; legs dotted, hinder tibi.i> witli a dark line inside : '1^. 



Middle of October in New England on the shores of Essex. 

 'J'hc Plant is Duplcurum icnuiasimuni, Lea^t Thorough-wax. 



