﻿The TingidiC are a pretty group, varying considerably in 

 outline and in the form of the antenna?, and will most probably 

 eventually constitute several genera. The 2 species included 

 in our genus Dictijonuta (in allusion to the reticulated back), 

 possess a strong generic character in the 3rd joint of the an- 

 tennae beinjT the thickest, wliereas in all the others the termi- 

 nal one is the most robust, making them more or less clavate : 

 the inflated hood over the head distinguishes it also from many 

 others, but not from T. spinifrons of Fallen, figured by Panzer 

 fasc. 99. n. 19. under the name of T. cristata. 



That our insect is the T, crassicornis of Fallen there is little 

 doubt, although from his not being acquainted with the other 

 species, his description will in a great measure apply to both. 

 I have only seen one specimen, which I found under a stone 

 in a meadow near Bognor, Sussex, the beginning of August ; 

 from which the annexed figure was* taken. 



The other species appears to be the T. Eri/ngii of Latreille. 

 It was taken in some abundance in July upon furze bushes 

 ( Ulex\ by Mr. Carpenter ; and although with the assistance 

 of a glass many characters present themselves, yet as there is 

 a strong resemblance, we cannot perhaps employ ourselves 

 more usefully than by subjoining the characters. 



Dictyonota Eryngii Lat. Hist. Nat. v. 12. p. 253. ;/. 6. 



Antenna? black, scabrous, 2nd and 3rd joints producing 

 short hairs, terminal joint small ovate {J] i.) Head and eyes 

 black punctured, 2 short, elevated ochraceous lines behind the 

 eyes (a), lateral spines parallel ; central spines distant, pale at 

 the apex (2.) Thorax narrowed anteriorly, slightly ochra- 

 ceous, nervures fuscous, indistinct upon the posterior process ; 

 centre brown and ochraceous, minutely punctured, 3 carinas 

 down the back, not reticulated. Elytra slightly ochraceous, 

 reticulations much smaller and less distinct towards the mid- 

 dle, the space formed by the union of the 2 nervures in the 

 miildle, not extendinjx more than half their lenjrth. Legs 

 black, tibia^ and apex of thighs ferruginous. Beneath black. 



The plant is Samoliis Valerandi (Brookweed). 



