204 Flemiptera-fleteroptera. 
Head black, shining, as wide as long, antenne pale, the 
third and fourth joints dusky, second joint in the male 
thickened and about as long as the head, third and fourth 
joints thinner, subequal, second joint inthe ? not thickened, 
shorter than in the ¢, about as long as from the apex of 
the head to the ocelli; pronotum black, shining, strongly 
punctured posteriorly, anterior margin not half so long as 
the base, sides nearly straight, margins narrowly reflexed 
in the ¢ nearly or quite up to the posterior angles, in the 
? carinated, but hardly reflexed, disc with a wide trans- 
verse callosity, behind which a deep impression, posteriorly 
deeply punctured and transversely rugose ; elytra deeply 
punctured, sometimes entirely pale, but generally with the 
cuneus and the apex of the corium black or pitchy brown, 
membrane pale smoky; legs entirely pale, or with the 
posterior femora darker at the base. 
L. 3 mm. 
Herne Bay, Chobham, Woking, Southwold; Bugbrooke, 
Northants, Marshall; Devon, Parfitt; Corton, Herring- 
fleet, Suffolk, Butler; Deal, Billups; Knighton Heath, 
Dale. 
T. minutus, Linn. (obscurus, D. § S.; niger, Saund. 
Syn. pars).—Smaller and wider than the preceding. Head 
transverse ; pronotum distinctly wider in front than in 
majusculus, the sides being more rounded and dilated an- 
teriorly ; the anterior transverse callosity is shorter, so that 
it does not approach so near the sides ; in the ¢ the lateral 
margins are less distinctly reflexed, especially posteriorly ; 
in both sexes the anterior margin is distinctly more than 
half as long as the base, the basal portion of the pronotum is 
also less strongly rugose and punctured ; elytra entirely pale 
as a rule, but sometimes with the cuneus darker; legs pale. 
L. 2-23 mm. 
Woking, Chobham; Reigate, Headley Lane, Oxshott, 
Billups ; Stevenage, Butler ; Norfolk, Edwards ; probably 
common, but overlooked. 
