﻿different form of the antennjc will at once present a distinctive 

 character. I see that M. De Laporte has placed his Coreidai 

 and Tingidae next to each other, and there certainly is a con- 

 siderable resemblance between Atractus and Aradus (pi. 230), 

 yet I doubt if any real affinity exists, since their oeconomy is 

 different and the labium and tarsi vary most materially in their 

 structure. 



The only specimen I ever saw alive of the Genus Atractus, 

 I took in the neigiibourhood of Marseilles, and it probably is 

 the A. cineracs of Laporte. The species figured appears to 

 be undescribed, as it does not agree with the C. iwbilus of 

 Fallen and Ahrens : it was beaten off thistles and nettles by 

 Mr. Raddon about the middle of last September, on Braunton 

 Burrows in the North of Devon, and I am indebted to him 

 for my example. 

 A. literatus Curt. Brit. Ent. pi. 500. 



Dull ochreous, variegated with pale green, granulated 

 or scabrous ; antennge with the tip of the 3rd joint as 

 well as the 4th and 5th black, the apex of the latter 

 or Gth joint whitish ; thorax with 2 oblique green ridges 

 parallel to the sides which appear serrated, metathorax 

 and base of abdomen black, the edges of the segments 

 and dots on the margin black ; elytra with the nervures 

 s.potted widi black and brown, the membranous portion 

 transparent, a little clouded with brown, the nervures 

 irregularly lettered with black, 4 anterior tibia^ with 

 the base, apex and a ring round the middle dusky, tips 

 of tarsi black. 



The Plant is Nepeta cataria (Cat-Mint). 



