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tenn with the first and second joints more or less pale; 
pronotum with the sides slightly rounded, widely depressed, 
base broadly sinuate across the scutellum; disc with a 
transverse impression, raised in front of it, with a small 
fovea in the elevation; scutellum black ; elytra black, with 
numerous small yellow and whitish spots, varying con- 
siderably in their size and colour; legs pale, femora with a 
black line beneath; anterior tibia black at the extreme 
base and apex, with a cloudy or brownish mark in the 
middle, other tibize black at the extreme base and apex; all 
the tarsi black at the apex. 
L. 3-4 mm. 
Generally distributed in moist places by the sides of 
ponds, on heaths, etc.; a more inland species than the 
following, and in some localities very abundant. In the 
var. vestita the vestiture of golden hairs is much denser 
than in the typical form. This variety has only been 
cee from Scotland and the Tyneside district. 
S. pallipes, Fab. (var. palustris, Dougl.).—Differs from 
the preceding only in the style of the markings ; those of 
the elytra are larger and less numerous, and tend to spread 
much more than in saltatoria; often, or perhaps generally, 
the whole of the elytra, except the clavus, the base of the 
corium, and a few lateral spots, is pale. An apparently con- 
stant character has been pointed out by Dr. Reuter, viz. the 
entire black line which runs down the anterior tibie from 
the base to beyond the middle. In saltatoria the line is 
indicated only at the base, in the centre, and at the apex. 
This seems a poor character, but it certainly appears to be 
constant, and to separate the two species in accordance 
with the style of the elytral markings. 
L. 3-4 mm. 
Very common, and generally distributed in salt marshes, 
ete. 
S. pilosella, Zioms.—Very much like the pale form of 
Aiiiins but narrower in proportion to its length, which 
slightly exceeds that of pallipes. It may be known from 
