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magia rufescente; hemelytra fasciis 2 nigris transversia interruptis, 

 fascia apicali tenuiore, curvata. Pedes testacei, nigro varii. 

 Variat capita, prouoto, scutello, impuuetatis. 



Long, li-2^ ; alar. exp. 3|-5 liu. 



lassus nassafiis, Germ., Fn., 17, 13. 



/lassus impurus, Boh., Handl., 1849, p. 39.- Hi wht.^i\\ ,OrCo 

 P. nassatus, Plor, E.L. 2, p. 189. . ■ ^ 



Eather common on dwarf willows, young birclies, and alders, in 

 the London and midland districts. Especially frequent on Wimbledon 

 Common, and in Jordan's Wood, Kent. 



h. Lora cum fronte coalita. Clypeus planus. Segmentum 

 geuitale $ subtus postice rotundatum. 



2. — Pediopsis scute.llatus, Boh. ? 



Pra^cedenti ita similis, ut non nisi structurse discrimine levissimo 

 (supra indicato) separari queat. ^ . 



lassibs scutellatus, Boh., Handl., 1847, p. 53. 

 Bythoscopus diadema, Pab., S.E., 87,14 (?) ; Ent. Syst., 4, 44, 74, 

 [lassus tilicB, Germ., Pn., 14, 14 (?). ' ' ' . • 



To this species I refer doubtfully two specimens taken, by 

 sweeping, in a wood near Leicester. I am ignorant to what tree they 

 were attached. 



B. Tibiae tantum posticse puncto extus prope basin, nigro. 



a. Pronoti rugulae transversae. Ocelli verticis margin! 

 posteriori quam antennarum insertioni propiores. Color 

 variat. 



3. —Pediopsis fruticola, Pall. 



De coloribus infra. Caput ruguloso-punctatum, lineis in fronte 

 duabus glabris. Pronoti rugulae antice subtiliores, punctis hie illic 

 interstincta?. Hemelytra $ plerumque opaca ; ,^ ssepius hyalina, v 

 nervis crassis, fuscescentibus. 



Long. S l^-2i ; ? l|-2i ; alar. exp. 3|-5 lin. 



The varieties of this insect are numerous, and, as they exhibit 

 difterences in the form of the head (cf. var. 7, infra.), as well as in size 

 and coloration, recourse can only be had to the slight but constant 

 characters indicated above, in order to identify the species. According 

 to Plor, the principal varieties of the $ are as follows : — 



