272 [May, 



Thorax : pronotum fuscous ; the collar, and a more or less wide, longitudinal, cen- 

 tral line, whitish ; meso- and metanotum fuscous, central and side keels whitish. 

 Elytra and wings none. Sternv/ni pale fuscous-grey ; meso- and metasternum, 

 on the sides, fuscous. Legs — coxce of all the pairs pale fuscous-grey. Fulcra — 

 Ist pair armed with a long spine. Thighs — Ist pair pale fuscous-grey, with 

 two dense rows of short spines on the under-side, amongst which, at irregular 

 intervals, are some five long ones ; apex, and a band near to it, fuscous, the 

 intermediate space whitish ; upper margin dark fuscous-gi-ey from the base to 

 the band ; 2nd and 3rd brownish, darkest at the opex, extreme apex of the 

 latter whitish. Tibice — 1st pair pale fuscous-grey, base exteriorly and apex 

 darker ; 2nd and 3rd brownish, becoming paler towards the apex. Tarsi and 

 claws pale brownish-testaceous. 



Abdomen above, dark fuscous, with a central line and an ill-defined patch on the 

 posterior portion of each segment paler ; last segment darkest, and with the 

 patches most distinct. Connexivum above, fuscous, next the anterior margin of 

 each segment whitish. Length, 2^ lines. 



Considerably Bmaller than E. domestica, and differs from that 

 insect in the shape of the pronotum, as well as having long spines 

 intermixed with the shorter ones on the under-side of the anterior 

 thighs, characters which may induce others to create a new genus 

 for its reception. 



I have two specimens sent to mo by my friend, the Eev. O. P. 

 Cambridge, who received them from Auckland, New Zealand, where 

 they were taken by Capt. F. W. Hutton, after whom I have the 

 pleasure of naming it. 



Manor Park, Lee, S.E. : 



March, 1874. 



DESCRIPTION OF A GENUS AND SPECIES OF SEMIPTERA- 

 HETEROPTERA NEW TO EUROPE. 



BY JOHN SCOTT. 



Family CAPSID^. 



Genus PLAGIOTYLUS, Fieb. (M. S.). 



Somewhat elongate. 



Head : crotvn short, flat, considerably deflected, and sunk below the 

 level of the upper margin of the eyes. Face convex, perpendi- 

 cular, anterior margin a little in front of the eyes. AntenncB — 

 1st joint clavate, half its length reaching before the face ; 2nd 

 two and a half times as long as the 1st ; 3rd and 4th wanting. 



