166 Flemiptera-[Teteroptera. 
(3) 4, Tibiae externally with short decumbent 
hairs, antenne shorter than the 
body : : + -« LATIVENTRIS 
(4) 5. Connexivum pale MAJOR. 
(1) 6. Connexivum beneath separated “from 
the central portion of the abdomen 
by a distinct channel. 
(8) 7. Eyes very large, almost touching the 
pronotal margin, connexivum dark 
(Subg. Stalia, Reut.) z BOOPS. 
(7) 8. Eyes moderate, remote from the pro- 
notal margin, connexivum pale 
(Subg. Nadis, Latr.). 
(14) 9, Abdomen above finely pubescent. 
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(11) 10. Abdomen above dark, with pale central 
lines F FLAVOMARGINATUS, 
(10) 11. Abdomen above pale, with darker 
lines. 
(13) 12. Not very elongate, connexivum a 
foliaceous . . LIMBATUS. 
(12) 13. Very long and parallel- sided, con- 
nexivum narrow, not foliaceous . LINEATUS. 
(9) 14, Abdomen above glabrous. 
(16) 15. Pronotum at the base wider than 
long . FERUS. 
(15) 16. Pronotum at the base narrower “than 
long. 
(18) 17. Wider, paler, occurs in grassy places, 
etc, « 5 : : : . RUGOSUS. 
(17) 18. Narrower, darker, reddish brown, 
found on heath F ‘ : . ERICETORUM. 
N. brevipennis, Hahn.—Brown, clothed with short, 
silvery pubescence. Head with two pale spots just in front 
of the pronotal margin on the shining part of the neck; 
antennee longer than the body, with the basal joint as long 
or longer than the head; pronotum with its sides rounded 
behind the anterior constriction, and slightly sinuate be- 
fore the posterior angles, base nearly straight, disc darker 
across the middle and convex, with a deep transverse de- 
pression behind; scutellum black, sometimes with a pale 
basal spot on each side; elytra pale brown, marbled with 
darker, almost always shortened to about the apex of the 
third abdominal segment, membrane dusky ; abdomen dark 
brouzy brown, subparallel-sided in the male, largely dilated 
