British Hempitera-Heteroptera. 153 
3. dilatatus, H.-Scff. Fig. Dougl. & Scott, Brit. Hem. 
pl. vi. fig. 6. 
Black, covered with more or less depressed golden hairs. 
Elytra of a pitchy hue. Membrane with a pale-reddish 
spot at the base. Head, thorax and scutellum coarsely 
punctured, especially the posterior portion of the latter. 
Elytra more finely punctured. Legs black, tarsi reddish. 
Length 24—3 lines. 
Hab.—Moss, in sandy localities. 
Much wider than the preceding and more oval in shape ; 
cannot be confounded with any of our species. 
4. pretextatus, H.-Seff. Fig. (maculipennis) Curtis, 
Brit. Ent. xii. pl. 612. 
Smooth, shining. Head, thorax and scutellum black, 
deeply and coarsely punctured. Llytra pale testaceous, 
punctured in lines, with a wide band at the apex black. 
Membrane fuscous, pale at the base. Beneath black. 
Antenne black, apex of Ist and 2nd pale. Legs tes- 
taceous; front thighs, except at the apex, black; pos- 
terior pairs sometimes with a brownish spot or band towards 
the apex. 
Length 2}—3 lines. 
Hab.—Not uncommon on sandy sea shores. 
5. antennatus, Schill. Fig. Hahn, Wanz. Ins. i. fig. 35. 
Head and thorax black, shining, the latter very coarsely 
punctured posteriorly, much narrowed just above the base. 
Elytra much widest posteriorly, more or less pale at the 
base, the rest black, entirely clothed with fine yellowish 
hairs. Membrane rudimentary. Legs testaceous. An- 
tenne: Ist joint black, its apical half yellow; 2nd joint 
yellow, 3rd and 4th thickened and black. : 
Length 23 lines. 
Not common in moss; Reigate Hill, Isle of Wight, &c. 
PERITRECHUS. 
1. Membrane with a white apical spot .. .. luniger. 
2. Membrane without a white apical spot -+ nubilus. 
1. luniger, Schill. Fig. Dougl. & Scott, Brit. Hem. 
pl. wir. fie. 1 
Ochreous-brown, with sparse, very short, golden hairs 
visible only under a tolerably strong power. Head black. 
Thorax black in front; behind brownish, with large darker 
brown punctures. Sides in the middle pale. Scutellum 
black. Elytra pale ochreous, punctured with black in 
