British Hemiptera-Heteroptera. 145 
proportionately wider in front; antennz more robust; 
3rd and 4th joints thickened and black; posterior thighs 
entirely pale; membrane rudimentary. 
Length 14 line. 
Not uncommon in dry and sandy places. Var. prec.? 
3. affinis, Schill. Fig. Hahn, Wanz. Ins. fig. 71 (deco- 
ratus ). 
A smaller insect than the preceding. Antenne black 
except the 2nd joint, which is black only at its apex, and 
the Ist joint in the ¢. Elytra finely pubescent. Legs 
reddish-testaceous; thighs, lst pair with a wide central 
band, 3rd pair with a narrow band near the apex, the 
2nd pair generally only with a spot. 
Length 14 line. 
Generally distributed. 
4. ericetorum, Letts. 
Iixceedingly like the preceding: differs in having the 
elytra glabrous, the antenne less thick, and their 2nd 
joint black, except at the extreme base. The thighs of 
the 2nd pair of legs have also generally a black apical 
ring. 
Length 1} line. 
Under heath ; common. 
5. contractus, H.-Seff. Fig. Wanz. Ins. iv. fig. 440. 
Dull black. Thorax deeply and coarsely punctured; 
lateral margins in the middle ochreous. Corium with 
the base and a small spot on the margin near the apex 
ochreous. Antennz and legs black; apex of thighs, tibize 
and tarsi‘slightly paler. 
Length 13 line. 
Common in moss, &c., almost everywhere. 
DIEUCHES. 
1. duscus, Fab. Fig. Dougl. & Scott, Brit. Hem. pl. vi. 
fig. 8. | 
Head black, covered with fine silvery hairs. Thorax 
in front with a black quadrangular spot. Anterior mar- 
gin and sides white, posterior portion of thorax whitish, 
punctured with large brown punctures, posterior angles 
black. Scutellum with a spot on each side and the apex 
white. Clavus punctured with brown, and with a brown 
cloud-like spot near its middle. Corium whitish, pune- 
tured with brown in lines, except outwardly; a spot on 
