'SO [Fcbruai'v, 



distinguished from ar/atha and scehlraijeysi Ly the small spot in fore- 

 wing area 4, whilst they differ from hanisi in the straight formation of 

 the fore-wing diseal line bordering on the large white spots. Also in the 

 much narrower hind-wing basal costal band and in the pure white 

 markings of the underside. 



I hope shortly to be able to publish figures of the above forms 

 together with a revision of all the known African species. 



Hope Dept., University Museum, Oxford : 

 December 1920. 



A CAPSID NEW TO BEITAIN. 

 BY E. A. BUTLEK, B.A., B.SC, T.E.S. 



Amongst some ILcmipteni which I recently received from 

 Mr. B. S. Harwood for identification, there were live specimens of a 

 Capsid which were taken at Goodwood, W. Sussex, in July 1919, by his 

 brother, Mr. Philip Harwood, F.E.S. These proved to be Dlchrooscytus 

 valeaianus Mey. & Fieb., and as this species is found on the Continent 

 on juniper, they probably came fro-n juniper-bushes which Mr. Harwood 

 was beating at the time in search of Cypltostethus trUtriatus. 



In coloration D. valesutmis is a good deal like our well-known 

 D. rufipennis, but it is much smaller. The head, 2>i"<-»iiotum, and 

 scutellum are yellowish green, the corium inwardl}" red and outwardly 

 very pale yellowish green, the two colours blending into one another, but 

 the red becoming deepest just before the cuneus, where it forms an 

 indistinct fascia ; the clavus is red at the base and extreme apex and 

 greenish between ; the cuneus greenish, more or less distinctly outlined 

 with red, and there is often a fuscous dash just beyond its inner angle ; 

 the membrane is dark fuliginous and the legs and antennae greenish 

 yellow, with the apices of the latter and of the tarsi fuscous. In length 

 it does not exceed 4 mm., and is often rather less than that. As already 

 stated, it occurs on juniper, and has been recorded from France, Spain, 

 Switzerland, Greece, Algeria, and Tunisia. 



I have to thank Mr. Harwood for the addition of one of these 

 specimens to my collection. 



14 Drylands Road, 



Honisey, N. 8. : 



December 29t/t, 1920. 



