184 Llemiptera-Heteroptera. 
with a yellow spot ; the yellow of the lateral margins of the 
corium spreads rather more on to the disc of the elytra, 
and the membrane has a yellow patch behind the apex of 
the corium not observable in Cocksii. 
L. 38-3} mm. 
Hammersmith, Power ; Wicken Fen, Blatch. 
ae 8S. cincta, H. Schg:—Rather longer than either of the 
preceding, with the membrane more developed, upper sur- 
face glabrous or nearly so. Antenne filiform, entirely 
black except the apex of the basal joint, second joint much 
longer than in Cocksii or elegantula; pronotum shaped 
much as in those species, but wider behind in proportion to 
the anterior margin, anterior callosity not so strongly de- 
veloped ; elytra longer and more parallel-sided, dise more 
spotted, lateral margius black at the base, then narrowly 
yellow to the apex, where the colour sometimes spreads ; it 
is also sometimes interrupted by a black spot behind the 
middle; there is a similar conspicuous white spot near the 
apex of the corium as in the preceding species ; membrane 
yellowish, its base, apex, nervures, and a spot in each cell, 
dusky ; legs brownish ochreous. 
L. 3-35 mm. 
Reigate, Chobham; Redhill, Linnell; Mumby Chapel, 
Lincolnshire, J. H. Mason ; Leicester, Marshall; Armagh, 
Johnson ; Fens, Norfolk, Ldwards ; Canning and Rainham, 
Billups ; Shalford, Butler ; Knowle, Coleshill, Sutton Cold- 
field, Bewdley, Cannock Chase, Blatch ; Repton, Fowler ; 
Morayshire, Forres, Norman ; Haliday Collection ; Land’s 
End, Dale; Brackish Marsh, Moreton, Cheshire, J. W. 
Ellis. 
CIMICIDA. 
This family is composed chiefly of small species, but in- 
cludes the most widely-known member of the order, viz. 
the common bed bug, Cimex lectularius, Lin. The chief 
characteristic of the family lies in the narrowly produced face 
