1900] 131 



Pubescence long and abundant ; second segment less closely and finely punctured, 

 punctures of two distinct sizes intermingled ; cheeks long — 20. 



20. Punctures of first abdominal segment conspicuously larger and coarser than 



those of second, general effect of abdomen somewhat opaque and rugulose ; 



a large insect with long, pale pubescence pustulosa, Ab. 



Punctures of first and second segments not strikingly dissimilar ; abdominal 

 surface rather brighter than in pustulosa ; insects rather smaller than that 

 species, 

 (a) Hairs on apical segment, at least in part, black ; fossulets nearly 



obsolete hirsuta, Gerst. 



(6) Hairs on apical segment white ; fossulets distinct osmifS, Thorns. 



21. Abdomen (beneath), and legs, with fiery-red reflections ; whole insect more 



densely hairy ; puncturation finer and more even ; metathoracic spines 



more curved and sharper Ruddii,^h\ick. 



Abdomen (beneath) seldom, and legs never wholly, fiery, rather green or blue ; 

 pilosity thinner ; puncturation very variable, but probably always coarser 

 than in Ruddii (often very much so), and becoming remote towards the 

 apex of segment 2 (which is usually very brilliant), always closer again on 

 segment 3 ; metathoracic spines more stout and triangular ignita, L. 



Brunswick, Woking : 



April, 1900. 



ELASMOSTETRUS FERRUGATUS, Fab., IN WALES. 

 BY W. E. SHARP. 



A specimen of this Hemipteron, so far unrecorded as British, 

 was taken by my friend, Mr. E. J. Burgess Sopp, in July last near 

 Bangor, North Wales, and forwarded to me unset in laurel with other 

 Hemiptera, &c. 



As I was unable to refer the insect to any British species, I 

 submitted it to Mr. Saunders, who identified it as Elasmostethus ferru- 

 gatus, Fab., a Pentatomid of European distribution, and in this 

 reference Mr. Distant (who has also seen the specimen) concurs. 



The insect was swept fi'om low herbage in the Ogwen Valley not 

 far from Bangor; it may of course have been an introduction, but 

 the nature of the locality where it was captured does not lend itself 

 to such a supposition, the vegetation of the whole district being en- 

 tirely natural, nor do the Pentatomid Hemiptera in view of their 

 habits and life histories appear to be at all probable subjects for 

 accidental introduction. 



Ledsham, Hanwell, W. : 

 May, 1900. 



