llO CATALOGUE OF 



Europe. 



A. Fore wings marbled with brown. 



a. First joint of the antennae as long as the head. - brevipennis. 



b. First joint of the antennae not more than two-thirds 



of the length of the head. - - subapterus. 



B. Fore wings not marbled with brown, 

 a. Scutellum black. 



* Fore wings not longer than the abdomen., 



f Head quite black, or yellow and with a black stripe 



beneath. ------ brevis. 



f f Head ferruginous beneath. - ericetorum. 



** Fore wings distinctly longer than the abdomen, 

 f Thorax with whitish hairs. - flavomarginatus. 



X Areolets of the hind wings without hooks. - - alpinus. 



jj Areolets of the hind wings with hooks. 

 § Fore wings brown. ----- pilosulus. 



§§ Fore wings whitish or grayish yellow. 



X Prolhorax much widened in front. - longipennis. 



X X Prothorax not much widened in front. - - ferus. 



h. Scutellum pale. 



* Colour partly green. - viridulus. 

 ** Colour wholly without green. - - - pallidus. 



1. Nabis subapterus. 



Cimex subapterus, Deg. Ins. iii. 287, pi. 15, f. 10— Nabis subaptera, Oliv. 

 Enc. xu. 140 — Beduvius aplerus, Fabr. Ent. Syst. Sup. 546 ; Syst. 

 Rhyn. 281. Coq. III. Icon. iii. 94, pi. 21, f. 8. Wolff, Icon. Cim. 

 207, pi. 20, f. 200 — Nabis apterus, Lair. Gen. Ill— Aptus subapterus, 

 Hahn, Warn. Ins. i. 35 (apterus) pi. 6, f. 24 — Nabis subapterus, 

 Ramb. Faun. And. ii. 170. Fieb. Eur. Hem. 160. Dougl. and Scott, 

 Hem. 550 — Nabis subaptera, Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. 242. Blanch. 

 Hist. Nat. Ins. iii. 107. Serv. Hist. Hem. 331. 



a— j. England. From Mr. Stephens' collection. 

 k — p. England. 



2. Nabis brevipennis. 



Nabis brevipennis, Hahn, Warn. Ins. iii. 32, pi. 83, f. 253. Fl.or, Rhyn. 

 Liv. i. 694. Fieb. Eur. Hem. 159. Dougl. and Scott, Hem. 549. 



a. England. From Mr. Stephens' collection. 



b, c. Switzerland. Presented by F. Walker, Esq. 

 d, e. Italy. Preseuted by F. Walker, Esq. 



3. Nabis brevis. 



brevis, Scholz, Arb. Ver. 1846. Fieb. Eur. Hem. 160 — punctatus, Costa, 

 Alti, Inst. Sc. Nat. Napoli, 1848, 250. 



Europe. 



