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Var. a, Niger : vertex maculis 3 ochraceis ; frons pallido trane- 



versim striata. Pronotum, scutellum, ochraceo varia. Heme- 



lytra fusca, ochraceo irrorata. Pedes maximam partem uigri. 



Parvua (1-2 lin.) $ Phrynomorphus nitidus, Curt. 

 Yar. h. Flavo viridis. Hemelytra fusco-punctata. (2^ lin.) Eua- 



eanthus irroratus, Lewis. 

 Var. c. rusco-ocliraceus, nigro-irroratus, pedibus nigro-vittatis. 



Amhlyceplialus irroratus, Curt. (2^ lin.) 

 Var. d. Totus pallidus, immaculatus ; hemelytria abdomine multo 



brevioribus. Maximus. ? . (3 lin.) 

 Var. c. Similis varietati (?; sed vertex nigro bimaculatus ; pedes 



nigro varii. 



It would be useless to multiply varieties of this common species. 

 The extremes in size and colour are given above ; they are so dissimilar, 

 that nothing but a long series of specimens, exhibiting the intermediate 

 forms, can produce a conviction of their identity. The smallest of the 

 black males {Phryn. nitidus, Curt.), are barely one line long, and much 

 resemble lassus ])ulicaris,^a\\. — one of which actually stands amongst 

 them in the collection of the British Museum. The varieties seem to 

 be localised in some degree, their size and colour depending upon their 

 habitat .- thus the small dark individuals will be chiefly found in high 

 mountain pastures and arid situations ; while the more lymphatic sub- 

 jects owe their constitution to the rich grass of the valleys and marshes. 

 The obtuse vertex, and the prominence of the genital apparatus in the 

 (J , combined with greater activity, and a slightly different habit, render 

 this species aberrant, but hardly justify the establishment of a separate 

 genus. 



Gen. EuPELix, G-erm. 



Head flattened above and beneath, wider than the pronotum ; ver- 

 tex very much produced, acutangular, thin, foliaceous, with a longitu- 

 dinal medial carina both above and below. Eyes nearly bisected by the 

 foliaceous plane of the vertex. The above characters are sufficient to 

 separate this genus from every other. In general structure, appearance, 

 and habits, it is not far removed from Acocephalus. 



* Vertex femina^ longior quam maris E. producta, G-erm. 



** Vertex ^ $ asquilongus E. cuspidata, Eab. 



1. — Eupelix producta. Germ. 



Pallide testacea vel grisea. ^ . Vertex latitudine sua non longior, 



punctis nigris in maculas congestis notatus, lateribus pcllucidis. Heme- 



