30 fJuiy. 



In the Oefv., 390, 7 (1868), and in Hem. Fab., i, 91, 3, Professor 

 Stal refers Snida pallipes, Fab. (whicli, according to bim, includes S. 

 pilosella, Thorns.), to 8. saltatoria, Jjin., as a variety ; I cannot but 

 think this is an error, resulting, possibly, from a misconception of the 

 type of saltatoria. Fallen says of S. pallipes, I. c, " Pro varietatc 

 "majori >S'. saltatorice baud rite haberi potest." 



Salda pallipes. 

 Acaniliia pallipes, Fab., E. S., iv, 71, 17 (1794); Salda pallipes, 

 Fab., S. R., 115, 12 (1803); Fall., Hem. Suec.,i, 73,4 (1829); p. Zett., 

 Ins. Lap., 267, 4 (1840); H.-SchfE., "Wauz., vi, 43, t. 194, fig. 600 

 (1842); Costa, Atti, vii, 245, 5, t. i, fig. 7 (1847)?; j3. Fieb., Eur. 

 Hem., 146, 12 (1861); Thorns., Opusc. Eut.,iv, 407, 15 (1871). 8aUa 

 Ucolor, Costa, Atti, vii, 245, 5, t. 1, fig. 6 (1847). 



I give the following from Herr Thomson's description. " Black ; 

 " above densely clothed with golden-fulvous pubescence ; elytra with 

 " pale spots and streaks, or dingy white with the base and some spots 

 "on the disc, black," &c. 



" Distinguished from S. saltatoria by the larger size, and more 

 " oblong-oval form ; the membrane longer and less broadly rounded; the 

 " pronotum less transverse, the arcuate impression and the fovcola of 

 "disc deeper," &c. 



Two or three examples were taken a year or two since at Hayling 

 Island, by Mr. Moncreaff, and kindly forwarded. 



Salda pilosella. 



Salda pilosella, Thorns., Opusc. Eut., iv, 407, 16 (1871). Acanthia 

 dimidiata, Curt., B. E., xii, 548, 13 (1835)?. Salda pallipes, p. Fieb., 

 Eur. Hem., 146, 12 (1861); D. and S., Brit. Hem., i, 527, 8 (1865). 

 Salda saltatoria, var. b, Stal, Oefv., 390, 7 (1868), sec. Thoms., /. c. 



Thomson says of this : " Black, densely fuscous-pubescent, above 

 «' more sparingly and longer pilose ; elytra with streaks and spots, and 

 " with the feet obscure testaceous," &c. 



" In form, size and marking very like S. pallipes, but the 2nd 

 " joint of the antennae has a few longer hairs, the elytra are more 

 " fuscous-pubescent internally, and the head and pronotum black- 

 " pilose." 



Curtis's Acanthia dimidiata is most probably this species, and the 

 name would have to be adopted if the description were sufiicient ; but, 

 no mention being made of the pilosity, absolute certainty is wanting. 



Common at many places on the coast. 



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