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■with). The fourth joint of the antennro white, brown only at the apex. Ilead 



cinnamon-brown. On Finus. 



1. P. BH'AsciATUS, Fabr., Zctt. 



2 (1). Body narrower, posteriorly more widening. The space on the corium between 



tlie posterior band and the apex, only between the cubital nerve and the exterior 

 margin, piceous, shining. The fourth joint of antenna; only at the base whitish, 

 but the third joint on the basal half whitish or testaceous. 



3 (8). Upper-side without long, straight hairs. 



4 (5). Head dark cinnamon-brown, very little narrower than the base of the pro- 



notum. The colour of the elytra cinnamon-brown ; the posterior band of the 

 corium quite straight (the band across the clavus in a line therewith). The 

 second joint of the antennse only about one-fifth longer than the basal width of 

 the pronotum. Food-plant unknown. From Greece ...2. P. pusillcs, n. sp. 



5 (-4). Head aiul thorax fuscous, more or less with a bronzy tint. Head considerably 



narrower than the base of pronotum. The colour of the elytra dark brown or 

 olive-brown, with a dull velvety appearance in certain lights. 



6 (7). The transverse band of the clavus a very little aSove the posterior band of 



corivuu, and united thci-eto ; the latter a little oblique and curved. The second 

 joint of the antenna very little or scarcely longer than the posterior width of 

 the pronotum. On Quercus 3. P. perplexus, D. & S. 



7 (6). The transverse band of the clavus distinctly above the posterior band of the 



corium, and not united thereto ; the latter straight ; the second joint of the 

 antennae at least one-third longer than the basal width of the pronotum. On 

 Salix, Populus, Betula, Alnus 4. P. clavatus, Linn. 



8 (3). Upper-side, with long straight hairs. On Salix and Alnus incana. 



5. P. CONFUSUS, Kirschb. 



Ohs. — Mr. Saunders (Synops., p. 287) bas described P. hifascicdus 

 as narrower tlian clavatus, but this is not correct. Kirsclibaum has 

 already said (E-h. AViesb., p. 137) that liis cinnamopteriis differs from 

 clavatus by the hroader pronotum. Is it possible that the British 

 Hemipterists have confounded two species ? P. hifasciatus in Sweden 

 and Finland is found only on Pinus (Prof. Kirschbaum has also taken 

 this species oa Jirs), but Mr. Saunders and Dr. Fieber indicate that it 

 lives also on oaks. This, if referring to one species, would be a very 

 peculiar feature, for scarcely any other of the Caj^sidcc lives on Coniferae 

 and also on foliage-trees. 



PiLOPHORUS CLATATUS (Cat., 35, 3). Capsus hifasciatus, Sahib., 

 Mon. Geoc, 91, 1, cited by the authors as identical with this species, 

 belongs to Calocoris biclavatus. I have examined the types of 

 Sahlberg. 



(To be continue^J. 



