﻿this is stouter in the females, aiul often very hairy. Miris does 

 not appear to have any ocelli; the Count cle Castelnau is 

 therefore mistaken in supposing that C/iorosorria is allied to it, 

 for the ocelli are very distinct in my genus, and the terminal 

 joint of the antenna: is stouter than tlm penultimate, so that it 

 cannot belong to his family Astemmites. 

 The following are British species. 



I. pallescens Don. v. 3. pi. 101./ 5. G. aful j)L 102 ? — Marshami 

 Turt. 



June and Julv, on grass under hedfjes. 

 Sj. holsatus Fab. — Halm. pi. 85. /. 256. — albidus Hahn. 53. 

 162. 



3. ruficornis Fall. — pulchellus Hahn. 66. 200. 

 End of July and August, Tollsbury, Essex. 



4. longicornis Fall. — Halm. 85. 258. 

 August, off grass, Sandwich. 



4''. virens Linn. — Hahn. pi. o^.f. 165. — ruficornis //«////.? y^/. 

 71./ 220. 



5. hortorum JVolff. pi. 16./ 154-. 

 June, Isle of Wight. 



6. hevigatus Linn.— Hahn. 85. 259. and 53. 161. var.'^ 

 Pastures, August and September. 



7. erraticus Linn.— Hahn.pl. 5\.f. 163. c?. 164-. $ . 

 September, Blackgang Chine; October, in New England, 



on the Essex shore in abundance. 



8. Tritici Kirhifi—Curt. Brit. Ent. pi. 701. d". As it has been 

 sent to me by a iViend with this name, I have retained it, 

 although I suspect it is only a variety of M. erratiais. I 

 have taken it, the end of July, at Tollsbury. 



10. ferrugatus Fab.— Hahn. 86. 263. c?-— dolabratus Fab. 

 Beginning of Jmie, grass in meadows, Oxford, &c. 



II. dolabratus Z>/;//i.— Lopus Hahn. 261. J. 262. ? . and 53. 

 160. (5^.— lateralis Wulff'. pi. 11./ 109. (?.— abbreviatus 

 Wnlff.pl. 11./ 110. i. 



June, on grass in hay-fields round London in abundance; 

 also in August and Scplember: I have taken the male paired 

 with the female of M.Jhrugatus. 



9. picticeps Curt. Having now a series of this insect, I am 

 inclined to believe that it is only a pale purplish variety of 

 M. (lulabratiiSj with the yellow stripe on the thorax dilated 

 at the base. 



July, Dover; August, Sandwich, off dried grass. 

 12. calcaratus Fall. — tientata Hahn. pi. 2./. 8. 



For specimens of Arabis ahicta., Bristol rock cress, I am in- 

 debted to G. II. K. Thwaites, Escj., who found them last 

 April, on St. X'incenl's liocks. 



