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species given in Puton’s Catalogue, of which we have five 
indigenous to this country. 
(2) 1. Thorax entirely black, face more declivous, clavus 
irrecularly punctured ue Jalyptonotus, 
Stal) . Rovanprt. 
(1) 2. Thorax not entirely black, ‘face lesa declivous, 
clavus punctured in lines. 
(4) 3. The two external rows of punctures on clavus 
parallel and close together, seutellum with a 
pale V-shaped oreey spot (Subg. Graptopeltus, 
Beal) . LYNCEUS. 
(3) 4. The two external rows of clave al punctures not 
parallel but divergent in the middle or near 
the apex (Xanthochilus). 
(6) 5. Sides of pronotum entirely and widely pale, mem- 
brane dark in the centre (Subg. Xanthochilus, 
Stal) : QUADRATUS. 
(5) 6. Sides of pronotum not widely pale, “membrane 
black or spotted (Subg. Pachymerus, Reut.). 
(8) 7. Legs yellow with black markings, ‘posterior 
femora dentate at apex , c . PEDESTRIS. 
(7) 8. Legs black ; posterior femora simple a 5 . PINI. 
(Suse. CALYPTONOTUS, D. & 8.) 
A. Rolandri, Zin.—Black, dull, glabrous, punctured, a 
spot at the base of the membrane ferruginous. Head short, 
indefinitely punctured, eyes not touching the pronotum ; 
pronotum flat, its sides depressed, foliaceous, slightly 
rounded, base deeply sinuate, disc punctured on its basal 
half; scutellum punctured; elytra with the corium and 
clavus irregularly punctured, the nerves sometimes brownish, 
membrane black with a reddish spot at its base; legs with 
a row of bristles on the inner sides of the tibize and a few 
finer ones on the outer; anterior femora with a strong 
triangular spine. 
L. 53-6 mm. 
Darenth under refuse, Douglas and Scott; Dartford, Plum- 
stead, Champion ; Newton and Exeter, Parjitt ; Portland, 
Dale. 
(Suse. GRAPTOPELTUS, Stal.) 
A. lynceus, f'ab.—Broad, subovate, ochreous, punctured 
with black ; sides of the pronotum pale, impunctate ; head, 
