Lyvgaide, Il5 
reaching to the intermediate coxe; antenna with the 
apical joint shorter than the second; pronotum with the 
sides slightly sinuate, narrowly reflexed, base very slightly 
sinuate ; scutellum impressed; elytra with the sides more 
or less rounded ; membrane generally complete; legs with 
the front femora toothed. 
All the species are of a brown colour, and unspotted. 
Puton records nine European species, of which we have five. 
(8) 1. Pronotum dull, punctured anteriorly. 
(5) 2. Tibiee without projecting hairs. 
(4) 3. Pronotum entirely black, much widened pos- 
teriorly : SYLVATICUS, 
(8) 4. Pronotum brown at the sides and posteriorly, 
not much widened behind . ; r BRUNNEUS, 
(2) 5. Tibiee with long projecting hairs. 
(7) 6. Abdomen beneath dull, closely punctured . PILIPES. 
(6) 7. Abdomen beneath shining. r ; + PILICORNIS. 
1) 8. Pronotum anteriorly shining, impunctate, or 
nearly so. F : A 2 . . PICEUS. 
D. sylvaticus, Fab. (var. Ryei, D. § S.).—Short, oval, 
black, closely punctured; hemelytra brown, or ochreous- 
brown. Head with the eyes not quite touching the pro- 
notum, strongly and rugosely punctured ; antenna finely 
pilose, apical joint subequal to, or hardly longer (var. Lye?) 
than the third ; pronotum transverse, widened posteriorly, 
sides very slightly sinuate, strongly and very closely punc- 
tured ; disc with a transverse depression near the middle; 
scutellum punctured like the pronotum, or rather more 
largely and remotely, var. /tye’; corium and clavus punctured, 
ochreous-brown, with a few darker stains, or reddish-brown, 
var. yet; membrane smoky, nervures slightly paler, or 
darker with the base pale, and sometimes shortened, var. 
fiyet ; beneath black, finely pubescent ; anterior tibize with 
a small spine. 
L. 4-44 mm. 
Common in moss, dead leaves, rubbish, etc., and generally 
distributed ; var. Fyei less common and well marked as a 
variety. In Scolopostethus it would rank as a species. 
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