﻿many of them were paired. Mr. Dale has taken it near Sir 

 Geor<re Rose's plantations at Mudcford, Hants, and Mr. 

 Streatfield at Aimer. x- -.^ /- i 



I believe this insect to be the C. suhapterus ot De Ueer, but 

 there has been so much confusion between this and the B. 

 aptcrnso^ Fab. which is pn.hahly a Xabis, that I am somewhat 

 doubtful about it : from Wolff's description I am prcttv cer- 

 tain that it is the same as his R.pedcstris, but his figure is not 

 a fTood one. The number of joints in the antenna- and their 

 form, together with the situation of the eyes and the size of 

 the ocellT, and la.tlv the imperfect elytra and wings, are so very 

 different to those of Ueduvius that 1 iiave been obliged to form 

 a new genus for our insect, but as I shall not illustrate the type 

 of the flunily it will be as well to give the characters ot 



Ueduvius Fab.^ Lot., Curt. 

 Antcnncc twice as long as the head and thorax, setaceous, 

 t-jointed, basal joint short, 2nd long subclavate, 3rd twice as 

 lon<r as the 2nd and slender, 4th as long as the others united 

 ancfvery slender. Jtosfnon short stout and curved beneath 

 the ILud which is small ; neck distinct. Ejjcs large ovate and 

 not remote either above or beneath. Ocelli 2, large and pro- 

 minent, close to the hinder margin of the eyes. T/wra.r tra- 

 pezoid, anterior portion gibbose with a transverse suture. 

 Scutdlnm rather large, trigonate and very acute. Abdomen 

 very long, somewhat elliptic-oval. FAijtra ample subcoriace- 

 ous. Wings ample, both having nervures. Legs similar to 

 those of Curanus. 



Personatus Linn.—ScJucf. Icon. tab. 13./ G. 7.— anulata liar. 

 Ex. t. 2G./ 5. 



Length 8 lines: pale piceous brown, inclining to castaneous, 

 hirsute^ head and anterior portion of thorax blackish, antemue 

 rostrum and ocelli dark and dull ochreous : thorax with a deep 

 channel down the middle, and one on each side the posterior 

 iiortion, which is rugose-punctate ; scutellum ot similar tex- 

 ture, with an elevated line parallel to the sides, uniting and 

 extending to the apex : elytra yellowish brown at the costa, 

 with a short obliciue white line at the middle : wmgs trans- 

 parent and iridescent: abdomen ochreous at the dibC : legs 

 bli'ditly clouded, base of tibiae dull yellow. 



It is said to be very tbnd of and to live upon the llouse- 

 bu.r ; it is also fbund on paling in May, in houses at Gravesend 

 the^end of June, and Mr. C. J. Paget intbrms me that they are 

 attracteil by u candle in summer evenings, when they are on 



the wing. ,, 



The Plant is Atriplcx portulucoidcs (Shrubby Oracheor bea 



Purslane 1, 



