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AN ESSAY TOWARDS A KNOWLEDGE OF BRITISH HOMOPTEBA, 



BY THE BEV. T. A. MARSHALL, M.A. 



(Continued from page 252.) 



8. — lasstis (D) coronifer, n. sp. 



Vertex pronoto fere aequalis longitudine, latitudine sua inter oculos 

 brevior. Testaceus, abdomiuis basi supra et lateribus paulo infuscatis. 

 Frons supra et ad latera linea nigra incurva margiuata. Hsec linea (in 

 vertice latior), ibidem bis sinuatur, medio angulum rotundum efficiens ; 

 postice autem ramuios 4 curvatos emittens, spatia orbicularia semi- 

 aperta circum apicem designat. Discus frontalis lineas transversas, 

 per paria intus conjunctas, 4 utrinque, nigras gerit ; inferius nigro 

 maculatur : ad latera, extra limbum nigrum, maculae qusedam cum 

 eodem limbo conjunguutiu'. Hemelytra fere concoloria, cellulis qui- 

 busdam intus et apicem versus fusco-limbatis. Pedes omnes nigro 

 distincte maculati ; tibife posticse interdum apice fuscas : tarsi iidem 

 nonnunquam articulis apice infuscatis. Alae completse, hyalinse. $ . 



Long. 1| ; alar. exp. 2| lin. 



The black marks upon the face, enclosing pale spots, resemble in 



some specimens a pair of sjjectacles ; in others they are more or less 



obsolete. The vertex and pronotum sometimes bear faint 



traces of irregular fulvous spots. The above characters, 



and the distinct semi-annular spots upon the legs, render 



, this species very distinct. Abundant in one spot only 



Vertex of /. coronj/er, l j l j 



Marshall. of the commou at Esher, in September, among grass 

 beneath gorse bushes. All my specimens whose sex is discernible are 

 females. 



9. — lassus {D.) abdominalis. Fab. 



Supra pallide viridis, nitidus ; subtus niger. Vertex pronoto 

 sequalis longitudine, sua inter oculos latitudine paulo brevior. Frons 

 supra nigra, utrinque flavo auguste striata ; inferius flava ; apex lineis 

 duabus approximatis, lougitudinalibus, nigris. Hemelytra abdomini 

 aequalia, opaca, malino-viridia ; membranae hyalinse cellulae apicales 

 transversim leviter infuscatae. Alae apice sub-fumosae, nervi infuscati. 

 Abdomen nigrum, apice plus minus testaceum. Pedes flavi ; femora 

 postica ad spinarum basin nigro-punctata, subtus nigro-lineata ; femora 

 antica basi nigra v. nigro-punctata ; tibiae posticae apice, tarsorum pos- 

 ticorum articulus primus praeter basin, secimdus et tertius toti, nigri. 



Long. 2 ; alar. exp. 85 lin. 



