168 (Dcccmljer, 1875. 



ON CEETAIN BRITISH nEMIPTERA-EOMOPTERA fATSTSANUSJ. 

 (contimiedfrom Page 100.) 



by john scott. 



Section C. 

 Distance between the inner margin of the eyea at the base of the 

 head more than twice the length down the centre ; anterior margin 

 sub-rotundate. 



Croion yellow, witli a broad transverse black streak in a line with the anterior margin 

 of, and extending to, each eye ; middle of the anterior margin with an arcuate 

 black streak, best seen from in front. Face black, with a narrow central line, 

 apex, and 7-8 transverse, slightly curved streaks on each side, yellow ; near the 

 upper margin of each eye, and between the latter and the side of the lobe is a 

 conspicuous yellow spot. Clypeus yellow, base and a broad central line black ; 

 lorce yellow, narrowly margined with black. Elytra longer than the abdomen, 

 generally fuscous or brownish, nerves yellow ; ante-apical areas here and 

 there pale in the middle ; two apical areas next the dorsal margin pale. 

 Wings pale fuscous ; nerves darker. Thighs : 1st pair yellow, base broadly, 

 and a ring, or sometimes only a spot, on the lower margin towards the apex, 

 black. Length 1| — IJ line 14. stkiola, Fall. 



A small species, and easily recognized by the black streak on the 

 crown and the pale nerves of the elytra. I sometimes fancy, on ex- 

 aminiiig my specimens, that we have another species mixed up with 

 the above, in which the head is a little more pointed in front, the elytra 

 testaceous, shading off to very pale straw colour on the costal margin, 

 and having the genital plates of the (^ yellow, whereas in A. s/riohi 

 these last are usually black. Tor the present, however, I leave the 

 matter as it is, until I have completed my dissections. 



Crotvn bro^siiish-yellow, with a transverse black streak on the anterior margin ex- 

 tending from eye to eye ; across the middle a brown streak, in which arc two 

 large shallow fovese. Face black, with 6-7 fine, transverse, yellow lines. Elytra 

 longer than the abdomen, brownish-yellow, sliining ; nerves paler than the disc, 

 and narrowly margined on each side with dark brown. Coriutn : ante-apical 

 areas adjoining the costal margin dark brown or blackish, frequently palish in 

 the centre; apical areas dark fuscous, sometimes paler in the centre. Wings dark 

 fuscous ; nerves black. Thighs : Ist pair, sordid yellow, with two narrow black 

 rings. Length 2:i — 2 J lines 15. nekvosus, Fall. (T'erra//i, Scott.) 



This insect was sent by me to the Continent before it was de- 

 scribed, to ascertain whether it was amongst Fieber's insects or drawings, 

 and was returned as unknown. Too late to prevent its appearance 

 under a new name, I stumbled upon the Fallenian description, and, on 

 reference to Fieber's Cat., I find he has placed it in a new genus of his 

 own, in which he is followed by J. Sahlberg, viz., Paramcsus. It seems 



