British Hemiptera-Heteroptera. 119 
CoRIMEL-ENA. 
1. scarabe@oides, Linn. Fig. Dougl. & Scott, Brit. Hem. 
pl. ui. fie. 2: 
Short, oval, dark bronzy, closely punctured ; legs black, 
tarsi and antennz piceous. 
Length 13 line. 
Moss, dead leaves, &c. 
ODONTOSCELIS. 
1. fuliginosus, Linn. Fig. Dougl. & Scott, Brit. Hem. 
pl. i. fig. 3. 
Insect hairy; head and thorax more or less dark, the 
base of the latter often pale, disk with a white median 
line; elytra of a dirty ochreous colour, with black markings 
and with a narrow, pale dorsal line; thorax and elytra 
sometimes nearly black, with the dorsal line, and a longi- 
tudinal stripe from each shoulder, pale. 
Length 3—3} lines. 
Sandhills, Deal; not rare. 
EURYGASTER. 
1. Sides of thorax straight a we ay xs ae haurus: 
2. Sides of thorax rounded - niger. 
1. maurus, Linn. Fig. Dougl. & Scott, Brit. Hem. 
plu. fig. 5. 
Colour variable, sometimes pale greyish-brown all over ; 
at other times dirty ochre colour, with darker markings ; 
connexivum spotted with dark brown; surface punctured 
with darker punctures; scutellum with a white tubercle on 
each side of the base; central lobe of the face extending to 
the anterior margin of the head. 
Length 5 lines. 
By sweeping, &c.; not uncommon. 
2. niger, Fab. Fig. Panz. Faun. Germ. cxi. 7. 
Flatter than the preceding; pale or dark ochreous-brown; 
connexivum not spotted; scutellum much longer and nar- 
rower than in /. maurus, and without white tubercles at 
the base; central lobe of the face not extending to the 
anterior margin of the head. 
Length 6 lines. 
' Rare; sandhills, Deal. 
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