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of both species from abroad, containing specimens which 
it would be very difficult satisfactorily to determine under 
which name they should be placed. The markings on the 
abdomen seem to be very variable. 
3. maculatus, Fieb. Fig. H.-Scff. Wanz. Ins. fig. 559. 
Orange-yellow. Thorax very deeply punctured, dorsal 
line narrowly raised; nerves of the corium spotted with 
black; connexivum spotted with black. Abdomen above 
orange-yellow, with black spots at the sides and a black 
line down the middle of the apical segment; hind thighs 
not thickened. 
Length 4 lines. 
New Forest. 
The uniform colour and the orange upper surface of the 
abdomen at once distinguish this species. 
4. capitatus, Fab. Fig. Dougl. & Scott, Brit. Hem. 
pl. v. fig. 3. 
Head, thorax and scutellum dark orange-coloured, the 
latter with its apex whitish; corium transparent in front, 
orange-red near the apex, nerves spotted with black. 
Connexivum barred alternately with dark brown and 
ochreous. Upper surface of abdomen black, with some 
yellow spots near the base; the apical segment pale, with 
the centre black. Tibi pale, with irregular brown rings. 
Length 34 lines. 
Occasionally by sweeping. 
5. parumpunctatus, Schill. Fig. Panz. Faun. Germ. 
Dis 10: 
Ochreous-brown, occasionally with a reddish tinge. 
Thorax punctured. Nerves of the corium reddish. Con- 
nexivum pale, sometimes with small round black spots. 
Abdomen above black, with an elongate spot on the 3rd 
and 4th segments, two small ones on the 5th, and a line 
on each side of the centre of the apical one, yellow. 
Length 34 lines. 
Occasionally by sweeping; abundantly at the roadside 
near Bournemouth. 
Myrmus. 
1. miriformis, Fall. Fig. Dougl. & Scott, Brit. Hem. 
pl. v. fig. 4. 
Elongate, depressed. Head and thorax brown or 
greenish-brown, the sides of the latter paler, Elytra 
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