oan 
142 Mr. Kk. Saunders’ Synopsis of 
HPneESTARIS. 
1. luticeps, Curt. Fig. Dougl. & Scott, Brit. Hem. pl. 
vi. fig. 5. 
Head ochreous, spotted with black, exceedingly wide. 
Kyes pedunculate. Thorax punctured, pubescent, ochre- 
ous, more or less marbled longitudinally with shades 
of brown; dorsal line and lateral margins posteriorly 
paler. Scutellum reddish-brown, with a white silvery 
spot on each side of the base. Elytra punctured, clavus 
pale ochreous, punctured in lines, cortum more or less 
ochreous at the base, reddish-brown posteriorly, with 
a small white spot near its interior apical angle. Mem- 
brane white. Nerves brown, the intervals between them 
finely and closely spotted with brown, especially towards 
the middle of the membrane, giving the appearance of a 
brown central stripe. Legs spotted with black, largely 
on the femora, finely on the tibie. Antenne with the 
basal joint spotted; apical joint dusky. 
Length 23—3 lines. 
Hab.—Sea shore; Dawlish, &c. 
Nysius. 
I. Scutellum with a pale central keel .. oe -» brunneus. 
II. Scutcllum without a pale keel oe oe -. thymi. 
1. brunneus, Ficb. = Scotti, E. 8S. 
Ochreous. Head and thorax deeply punctured, the 
former with a blackish line on each side inside the eyes, 
the latter with a narrow, pale, dorsal line. Scutellum 
largely punctured, with a strong, smooth, pale, longi- 
tudinal carina. LElytra: disk unspotted, apical margin 
more or less brown, especially at the apex of the corium 
itself. Membrane hyaline, clouded with brown. An- 
tenn: Ist jomt spotted with brown, apical joint dusky; 
Jegs and thighs finely spotted with brown. 
Length 24 lines. 
Hab.—Heaths; Woking, Reigate, Weybridge, Bourne- 
mouth, &e. 
2. thymi, Wolff. Fig. Dougl. & Scott, Brit. Hem. pl. 
vill. fig. 4. 
Of a greyer colour than the preceding. Head nearly 
black, covered with exceedingly fine silvery hairs, deeply 
punctured. Thorax deeply punctured, dark in front, 
