34 Flemiptera-fleteroptera. 
second abdominal segment ; in this respect it approaches 
to Tropicoris, but its stout rostruin and short antennze 
will at once distinguish it from that genus. 
P. luridus, /ab.—Ochreous with green reflections, 
fourth joint of the antennze orange-yellow at the apex, 
sides of the pronotum lobately produced posteriorly ; legs 
testaceous, spotted with black. Head green, with pur- 
plish reflections, deeply punctured, margins raised, central 
lobe shorter than the cheeks, free in front; pronotum with 
the lateral margins widely green, edges rugose, produced 
posteriorly into two rounded processes, projecting con- 
siderably beyond the sides of the elytra; disc deeply 
punctured, the punctures closer and more rugose towards 
the sides ; scutellum and elytra ochreous, deeply punctured 
with green or black, the irregular grouping of the punctures 
giving a somewhat mottled appearance ; membrane dusky, 
with coppery er purple reflections ; abdomen blue-black 
above; connexivum green, spotted with orange; beneath 
and legs ochreous, sprinkled with black or green spots ; legs 
pilose, anterior tibia with a black spine posteriorly, tarsi 
nearly black. 
L. 10-12 mm. 
Not common, Bromley ES; off birch, Norfolk, Hd- 
wards ; Chertsey, Weybridge, Headley Lane, Margate, 
Billups ; Battle, Butler ; Glanvilles Wootton, Tenby, Dale ; 
Knowle, Barmouth, Wicken Fen, Chobham, St. Osyth, 
Blatch ; Darenth, Caterham, Champion. 
ASOPUS, Burm. 
This genus, formerly known in our lists under the name 
of Rhacognathus, has only one representative in Hurope ; 
it is very distinct from any of our other genera, being most 
closely allied to Podisus, but separable at once by the 
simple angles of the pronotum, the shorter more convex 
