300 Flemiptera- Heteroptera. 
very strongly marked; elytra widest at the base in the ¢, 
and gradually narrowed posteriorly, in the ? either widest 
in the middle or with the sides sub-parallel to the middle 
and then converging to the apex, cuneus long and narrow, 
anterior femora, especially in the ¢, bent inwards; tibice 
with fine black spines ; claws elongate ; arolia short. We 
have three out of the four European species. 
(4) 1. Third joint of antenne longer than the second 
and slightly curved. 
(3) 2. Antenne longer, the third joint more than twice 
as long as the fourth in the male, twice as long 
in the female. . SALINUS. 
(2) 3. Antenne shorter, the third joint about twice as 
long as the fourth in the male, not twice its 
length i in the female . . BREVIS. 
(1) 4. Third joint of antenne straight, shorter. than 
the second S F ; , A : . ROSEUS. 
C. salinus, Sahlb. (griseus, D, 5 S.)—Yellowish-grey, 
head yellow, with two dark spots on the vertex, antennze 
very long, thick and black in the @, shorter, thinner and 
brownish in the 2, with the basal joint pale, third joint 
curved, distinctly longer in both sexes than the second ; 
pronotum with the sides sinuate, its posterior angles pro- 
duced and somewhat reflexed, base deeply sinuate in the 
middle, rounded near the angles, callosities darker, 
lateral margins and dorsal line pale; scutellum with a 
pale dorsal line or entirely pale ; elytra elongate ¢, or with 
the sides rounded ¢, lateral margins and cuneus pale, 
membrane dusky, extending beyond the apex of the 
abdomen, or about to it in the brachypterous form; legs 
pale, tarsi dark, 
L. 42 mm. ¢, 44 mm. °. 
Gravesend, on Arenaria maritima, Dr. Power; Hun- 
stanton, Norfolk, Edwards ; Whitstable, Champion. 
C. brevis, Rewt.—Very like the above, but shorter, with 
shorter antenne, the second joint in the ¢ not being more 
than once and a quarter the width of the head across the 
eyes, and scarcely longer than the width between the 
