British Hemiptera-Heteroptera. 143 
with indications of a raised dorsal line at the base and at 
the anterior margin; posterior angles pale. Scutellum 
black or dark brown, sometimes with a streak on each 
side paler, deeply punctured. LElytra greyish-ochreous, 
more or less spotted on the nerves. Apical margin 
narrowly and interruptedly black. Membrane hyaline, 
clouded with brown. Antenne obscure brown, Ist joint 
and apical joint darker. Thighs spotted with brown, 
varying much in the closeness and contiguity of the spots. 
Beneath sometimes ochreous, with a wide band on each 
side dark, sometimes almost black all over. 
Length 2 lines. 
Common in heathy places. 
The form called by Messrs. Douglas and Scott macu- 
latus, Fieb., I cannot consider as more than a dark 
variety of this very variable species. 
EREMOCORIS. 
1. podagricus, Fab. 
erraticus, Fab. Fig. Dougl. & Scott, Brit. Hem. 
Dla vie lige 7. 
Elongate-oval. Head and antenne black. Thorax 
black, finely punctured and convex in front, brown, 
impressed and deeply punctured behind; sides pale. 
Scutellum black, deeply punctured. LElytra punctured, 
dull lightish-brown, a spot in the middle of each black: 
the anterior margin of the corium and the base of the 
elytra are usually more or less pale; membrane blackish, 
with a white spot on each side and pale nerves. Beneath 
black; coxee and sides of mesosternum reddish. Legs 
reddish-brown; thighs darker. 
Length 3 lines. 
On junipers; Sanderstead, Reigate, Headley, &c. 
2. plebeius, Hahn. Fig. Hahn, Wanz. Ins. i. fig. 33. 
Brownish-black, dull. Thorax deeply and _ sparsely 
punctured behind; lateral margins dull red, surface 
covered with long projecting hairs, especially in front. 
Scutellum deeply punctured. Tlytra reddish-brown at 
the base, clouded with dark brown posteriorly, with a 
small, long, black spot in the middle of each corium. 
Membrane black, with a white spot on each side. Be- 
neath and legs black; tibia reddish-brown. Femora 
pilose. 
Length 3 lines. 
New Forest. 
