﻿1. C. Arundinis. Curt. Brit. Ent.pl. 297. 



As full generic descriptions are given on the other side, 1 

 shall proceed to transcribe the account transmitted to me with 

 a fine series of this remarkable insect by C. J. Paget, Esq. of 

 Great Yarmouth. " I find the Lyga^us (Chorosoma) plentifully 

 the latter end of August and beginning of September, at some 

 sand-hills, about a hundred yards from the sea, which extend 

 from a small village called Caistor, three miles north of this 

 town, for many miles along the coast, and are called Marrams. 

 They feed upon the Aruudo arenaria ; from the great abun- 

 dance of which, together with Eli/mits arc?iarius, Carcx are- 

 naria. Sec, all being vulgarly confounded under the common 

 name of Marrani-irrass, the hills take their name. This Lv- 

 gaeus is not easily observed, resembling in colour the florets of 

 the plant, which at this time of the year is precisely the same 

 dry and autumnal tint as the insect. I have hitherto observed 

 them only upon those plants which grow on the edge of the 

 hills nearest the sea, where I have taken three, four, and five 

 off one panicle." 



At first si<jht this insect would be taken for one of that 

 group of Mirides to which Cimex dolabratiis h'lnn. belongs; 

 but upon examining it more carefully, it will be found to pos- 

 sess characters so nearly similar to those of L. microptcrus, 

 that, for the present at least, they may be included in the same 

 genus. I shall therefore subjoin its characters, &c. 



2. C. microptera Xoi. — L. microjitcrus. BurrcllEiit. Trans, 

 p. 13. pi. 1. 



Green and pilose ; the elytra and abdomen smooth and 

 naked. Antennie and legs rosy, especially the former. Elytra 

 not half the length of the body, the inferior nervures red. 

 Wings rudiincntarv. Abdomen very much dilated in the fe- 

 male, the back rose-colour, with a broken black stripe down 

 the centre. 



First discovered in Norfolk by tlie late Rev. J. Burrell. It 

 was found upon grass in chalky districts in August; I have 

 since capturtcl it near Norwich; Mr. Paget takes it near 

 Yarmouth, and Mr. ISamouelle at C'oombe, SiM'rey, in June. 



Antuilo arenaria (Sea Reed, Marram, Sea Mat-weed). 

 This plant now ibrms the genus Ammophila Host, a name 

 given by Mr. Kirby to a group of Ilymenoptera in the Lin- 

 nean Transactions ibr the year 1798. 



