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deeply punctured; the latter dull across the base, sides 
nearly parallel and straight in the brachypterous form, 
diverging posteriorly in the macropterous, base deeply 
sinuate, disc with a narrowly impressed dorsal line; scu- 
tellum punctured; elytra with the clavus and corium pune- 
tured with black in lines, in the brachypterous form with 
scarcely any membrane, that of the macropterous reaching 
to the apex of the abdomen; abdomen and legs black, 
femora paler at the base, coxes and a spot near each pale. 
L. 24-3 mm. 
Common on heaths, under Hrica, ete., and generally dis- 
tributed but not recorded from Ireland. I have never 
taken the macropterons form myself, but Mr. E. A. Butler 
has met with it not infrequently. 
PIONOSOMUS, Jeb. 
Suboval, clothed with erect hairs. Head with the eyes 
moderate sized, touching the pronotum, antenniferous 
tubercles small, ocelli distinct; pronotum transverse, 
slightly widened posteriorly, lateral margins narrowly 
carinated, base slightly sinuate; scutellum large, lateral 
margins of the corium slightly rounded, membrane not 
quite reaching the apex of the abdomen ; legs short, tibiee 
spinose, anterior femora incrassated, simple. A very distinct 
little genus, of which there are three Huropean exponents, 
all resembling each other very closely. 
P. varius, Wolj.—Bronzy black, the second joint 
of the antenne except at the apex, a spot on each side of 
the base of the pronotum; the extreme apex of the 
scutellum, the clavus and corium except a spot near the 
base, the apex and a lateral band in the centre of the latter, 
ochreous ; membrane blackish with three pale basal spots, 
legs with the tibie and tarsi ochreous. Head closely and 
rugosely punctured, clothed with erect bristly hairs, an- 
tenne pilose; pronotum with the sides slightly sinuate 
posteriorly, disc clothed with bristly hairs, remotely punc- 
