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dark spot at each basal angle; elytra with a triangular 
spot at the base of the corium, and a quadrate spot above 
the cuneus, white; in the developed form there is also a 
small white spot at the apex of the clavus; cuneus and 
corium between the spots darker, membrane dusky, paler 
below the apex of the cuneus; legs bright red, apex of the 
femora darker. 
L. 5 mm. (macr.), 3} mm. (brach.). 
Rare, on Hrica, Reigate Heath, Woking; Lowestoft, 
Herringfleet, Ewhurst, Surrey, Butler; Scilly Isles, J. E. 
Mason ; Knighton Heath, Thornmoor, York, Dule. Dr. 
Reuter says it generally occurs in th evening, and this has 
certainly also been my experience. 
HALTICUS, Hahn. 
Very short oval, head flattened posteriorly and over- 
lapping the front margin of the pronotum, eyes very pro- 
minent, contiguous to the pronotum, antennze very long 
and slender, much longer than the entire insect, rostrum 
short, stout, reaching to the intermediate coxe ; pronotum 
short, subtrapeziform ; elytra convex, cuneus and membrane 
much deflected ; posterior femora very much thickened, 
tibiz slender; finely spinose. There are eight Palearctic 
species, of which two have occurred in this country. 
(2) 1. Head and pronotum yellow . = ‘ + LUTEICOLLIS. 
(1) 2. Head and pronotum black . : - » APTERUS. 
H. luteicollis, Panz.—Black, shining ; head, pronotum 
except at the extreme base, antenne and legs except the 
base of the posterior femora, yellow. Face elongate, fore- 
head with three round impressions in a transverse line 
between the eyes, antennz with the second joint black at the 
extreme apex, once and a half as long as the third, fourth 
rather longer than the third; pronotum short, anterior 
margin about two-thirds as long as the base ; elytra shining, 
black, much wider than the pronotum, sides much rounded, 
