1877 ] 77 



Scotland ; I found three specimens in August, 1876, on TJlmus 

 montnna, by Diwic, near Forres (Morayshire). 



Similar to O. prasinus, Saund. (virldinervis, D. & S.), but differing 

 by the marginate vertex and the structure of the antennae. Also 

 allied to O. prasinus, Fall., nee Saund., but having the vertex pos- 

 teriorly much more sharply marginate, the first joint of the antennae 

 longer and more robust, the second joint with longer pubescence and 

 a few erect hairs, the genital segment of the male shorter, and not 

 wider than the other ventral segments. 



2. CONOSTETHUS BREVIS, n. Sp. 

 (? , oblong ; ? , oval ; second joint of anteunrc about as long as ( <J ), or shorter 

 than ( $ ) the width of, the head ; third joint a little longer than the second, and, 

 especially in the male, curved, fourth joint in the $ more than half as long as the 

 third ; anteuuse shorter than the body, robust, black, the base of the first joint 

 yellow ( J? ) or yellowish, toward the apes brownish ( ? ) ; hinder margin of pro- 

 notum not wider ( 9 ), or scarcely wider ( (?), than the head, the lateral margins a 

 little sinuated; elyti-a as long as {$), or almost as long as (?), the body, wings a 

 little shorter ; legs ochreous, thighs with a few brown spots, anterior tibise, especially 

 in $ , incurved. <? and $ discolorous : <J , head flavous, with a brown spot on each 

 side of the base, thorax grey, with the dorsal line and lateral margins flavous, the 

 calli brownish ; scutellum flavous ; elytra greyish, the sides and cuneus pale yellowish, 

 membrane dusky ; the body beneath yellowish ; the upper-side of abdomen brownish- 

 black. 9 pale yellowish ; elytra somewhat greenish-grey, with the lateral margins 

 paler, membrane short, not twice as long as the cuneus, nerves pale ; abdomen above 

 blackish, beneath green. Length, <J almost 2^, ? 2j mm. 



Scotland ; Mrs. Eeuter found two specimens ( (5" ? ) in saline 

 damp places on the shore near Forres. 



Very closely allied to C. salimis, J. Sahib, (griseus, D. & S.), but 

 much narrower and shorter. C. salinus has the antennae and legs much 

 longer, the second joint of the antennae being distinctly longer than 

 the width of the head, the third joint much more cm'ved and longer, 

 the fourth joint not half as long as the third ; the elytra longer than 

 the body, the pronotum distinctly wider than the head, with the 

 sides more sinuated, and the posterior angles more prominent ; the 

 anterior tibiae of the male more incurved, &c. 



3. Hebeus bueiceps, Thoms. 

 Sebrus ruficeps, Thorns., Opusc. Entom., 395 ; J. Sahib., Notis. 

 Fauiyi et Flora Fenn., xiv, 266, 2. Hebrus pusillus, Flor, Rh. Livl., 

 i.T^l, 1 (forte). 



The first joint of the antennse a little longer than the diameter of the eye, 

 or than the second joint, reaching only slightly beyond the apex of the head ; body 



