a 
138 Mr. E. Saunders’ Synopsis of 
NEIDEs. 
1, Thorax posteriorly widened and raised ve e+ tipularius. 
2. Thorax posteriorly not widened or raised .. -. parallelus. 
1. tipularius, Linn. Fig. Hahn, Wanz. Ins. 1. fig. 68. 
Very long and narrow, with exceedingly long thin legs, 
ochreous. Thorax convex, widened and much raised 
posteriorly, tricarinate. Corium with several black spots 
along the edge of the membrane. ‘Thighs and Ist joint 
of antennze club-shaped and slightly darkened. Apex of 
antenne black. Apex of tibiz and the tarsi black. 
Length 53—6 lines. 
Bournemouth, Woking; by sweeping, &c. 
2. parallelus, Fieb. 
depressus, Dougl. & Scott. 
So like the preceding that I need only point out the 
differences. The thorax is smaller, not raised posteriorly 
nor widened, the three carine being as nearly parallel as 
possible; it is also not convex as in tépularius. This insect 
is considered by Dr. Renton to be the unwinged form of 
NV. tipularius. 
Length 53 lines. 
Deal. 
PYRRHOCORID. 
PyYRRHOCORIS. 
1. apterus, Linn. Fig. Dougl. & Scott, Brit. Hem. 
pl. vi. fig. 3. 
Above flat, irregularly punctured, scarlet. Head and 
antenne, centre of thorax (dorsal line sometimes excepted), 
scutellum, clavus, a very small black spot near each 
shoulder, and a round spot on the disk of the corium and 
the abdomen, except at its margins, black. Legs also 
black. Beneath black; margins of body and various 
spots on the thorax red. 
Length 33—43 lines. 
S. W. of England. 
LYGAID 2. 
I. Basal joint of hind tarsi generally much longer, never 
shorter than 2nd and 3rd together. 
A. Species very flat and wide, much dilated pos- 
teriorly oP ok =e a «+ Gastrodes. 
AA. Species not much flattened and dilated. 
B. Sides of the thorax without a well-defined 
lateral margin, 
