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femora pale at the base and apex; tibize with three black 
rings, tarsi with the apex of the first and last joints black. 
L. 6 mm. 
On nettles, Deal ; Betchworth, Surrey, Power ; Darenth, 
Hammersmith, Champion; Portland, Lulworth, Seaton, 
Dale; Scilly Isles, Mason; Lynn, Norfolk, Hdwards ; 
Wicken Fen, Portland, Blatch; Slapton Ley, Devon; 
Common on nettles, Weymouth, Marshall; Brighthamp- 
ton, Oxon, Stone; under Hrodiwm, Deal, C. G. Hall; 
Ireland, Haliday ; “abundant in September, 1886, in a 
hollow stem of Furze, at Hayling Island,” also Cardiff, 
Billups. 
H. artemisiz, Schill.—Smaller than wrticw. Head 
bronzy, clothed with short adpressed silvery hairs, punc- 
tured ; antennze with the basal joint bronzy, its apex pale, 
second pale except at the extreme base, third and fourth 
dark, third with a pale band just above the base ; pronotum 
punctured and pubescent like the head, bronzy, its base 
widely ochreous, longer and narrower than in urticex, the 
sides and base slightly sinuate ; scutellum bronzy, apex 
with a pale raised central line; elytra punctured and 
pubescent, like the head and pronotum, ochreous, with a 
dark spot at the inner apical angle, which varies much in 
size, membrane milky white, with slightly darker clouds ; 
abdomen bronzy, connexivum with pale spots ; femora pale 
at the apex, tibize with the base black, and with a dark apical 
spot, tarsi with the apex of the first and last joints dark. 
L. 43-5 mm. 
In moss, Reigate; Mickleham, Caterham, Champion ; 
Hayling Island, Billups. 
PACHYMERINA. 
(2) 1. Pronotum constricted behind the 
middle, sides obtuse, not cari- 
nated, rounded in front of and 
behind the constriction ; . PLOcCIOMERUS. 
