94 FHemuptera-Heteroptera. 
finely punctured, and paler in some examples than the 
pronotum; membrane generally abbreviated, but in the 
developed form obscurely smoky, with paler nervures ; legs 
with the anterior femora beneath bearing a row of fine 
bristle-like spines. 
L. 34-4 mm. 
By sweeping, Reigate, Chobham ; Hastings, H. P. Collett; 
Bexhill, Battle, Hurst Green, Ewhurst, Barnet, macro- 
pterous form frequent, Butler; Norfolk, Hdwards; Caterham, 
Champion; Cheltenham, on heath, Marshall ; near Whit- 
stone, Devon, Parfitt; Barmouth, Blatch ; Armagh, John- 
son; Isle of Wight, September, plentiful on Pulicaria, 
Douglas and Scott; Hayling Island, Weybridge, Billups ; 
Parley Heath and Glanvilles Wootton, Dorset, Dale. 
S. pedestris, Fall. (sabulosus, Schill.).—Testaceous 
brown, somewhat shining, strongly punctured, clothed with 
rather long pale hairs; head, disc of the pronotum, scu- 
tellum, and apical joints of the antenne and abdomen 
darker; head short, wide; eyes not very prominent, but 
projecting beyond the anterior angles of the pronotum ; 
antenne finely pilose, second and apical joints subequal in 
length, third slightly shorter; pronotum subtrapeziform, 
sides slightly sinuate, finely carmate, anterior margin not 
reflexed or raised, surface deeply punctured, rather less 
coarsely on the darker portion; scutellum dark, paler at 
the apex, deeply punctured ; elytra with the corium and 
clavus punctured, irregularly clouded with darker brown ; 
membrane pale smoky, slightly darker between the 
nervures ; abdomen pitchy black; legs clear testaceous ; 
anterior femora beneath with a few fine spine-like hairs. 
L. 23-3 mm. 
Common and generally distributed in moss, at roots of 
grass, by sweeping, etc. 
S. arenarius, Muhn—Dull reddish brown, clothed with 
very short pale adpressed hairs; head, basal and apical 
joints of the antenne, pronotum in front, scutellum and 
