HERMANNIA PICEA. 451 



anal long, somewhat narrower posteriorly, and with 

 three pairs of hairs at the sides. 



Ntjmph. 



Colour of cephalothorax and legs dull ochre-brown, 

 abdomen a trifle lighter and yellower, but there is con- 

 siderable variation in different specimens. 



Texture dull ; cephalothorax and legs granular. 



Cephalothorax broad and large ; the hinder portion 

 has a longitudinal sulcation with a mammilliform 

 elevation on each side. Rostrum broad ; rostral hairs 

 short and thick; pseudo-stigmata, pseudo-stigmatic 

 organs, and interlamellar hairs as in the adult. 



Legs very similar to those of the adult ; in the fully- 

 grown nymph they are slightly shorter in proportion. 



Abdomen sack-shaped, plainly divided from the 

 cephalothorax, but not usually higher in level; pro- 

 gaster straight or slightly concave ; hind margin 

 rounded. Notogaster not much arched in young 

 specimens, but considerably so in fully-grown nymphs ; 

 it is entirely covered with irregular wavy wrinkles, 

 which run transversely on the median part of the ante- 

 rior portion of the notogaster, and on the whole of its 

 central portion, and bend forward on the posterior 

 portion, but run longitudinally and are very undulating 

 on the lateral part of the anterior of the abdomen ; 

 these lateral wrinkles are prolonged a little on to the 

 side of the cephalothorax. There are six longitudinal 

 rows of spatulate hairs on the notogaster as in the 

 adult, but they are not quite so large. 



Distribution. — This species is found chiefly in moss 

 on old wood, and is consequently most common in 

 wooded districts, but it is common and generally 

 distributed ; it has been recorded in France, Germany, 

 and Italy. 



