British Hemiptera-Heteroptera. i ay 
AA, Sides of thorax not much rounded in front, 
nor constricted. 
a, Species short and robust; legs black .. sylvaticus. 
b. Species subelongate; legs Bea ys pilicornis. 
II. Legs with long projecting hairs on the tibix - pilipes. 
1. sylvaticus, Fab. Fig. Hahn, Wanz. a 1. figs 11a, 
Head, thorax, scutellum, antenne and legs black. 
Thorax lar gely and coarsely punctured all over. Scutel- 
lum largely punctured, strongly impressed in the middle. 
Klytra ochreous-brown ; first internal nerve of the corium 
black at its apex, whitish at its base; 2nd and 3rd nerves 
more or less darkened; external margin pale ; membrane 
pale dusky-brown. 
Length 2—2} lines. 
Very common. 
Var. Ryei. Elytra chestnut- brown, wider posteriorly. 
2. brunneus, Sahlb. Fig. Dougl. & Scott, Brit. Hem. pl. 
vil. fig. 4. 
Head and thorax pitchy-black, very coarsely punc- 
tured ; the latter with its sides rounded in front, and very 
much sinuated behind the middle; base rather paler than 
the front portion, impressed, and much more strongly 
punctured. Scutellum black. Elytra chocolate-brown ; 
bases of the nerves and of the lateral margin, and a 
roundish spot between the lst and 2nd nerves of the 
corium, pale ochreous; membrane dusky ; nerves slightly 
paler. Antenne and legs pitchy-brown; apex of former, 
tibize and tarsi paler. 
Length 2—23 lines. 
Not uncommon in dead leaves, &c. 
3. pilicornis, Muls. = latus, Dougl. & Scott. 
Dull chocolate-brown. Head, front part of thorax, 
scutellum, abdomen and antenne, except the first joint, 
pitchy-black. Thorax much widened posteriorly ; finely 
punctured in front, coarsely behind; lateral margins 
brown, slightly reflexed. Scutellum largely punctured, 
raised at the sides and impressed in the middle. LElytra 
deeply punctured in lines. Antennz with long projecting 
hairs. 
Length 3 lines. 
Hurst, Sussex ; in moss. 
A. pilipes, Fieb. 
Head, front of thorax, and sometimes the whole of it, 
scutellum and antenne black. Thorax finely punctured 
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