British Hemiptera-Heteroptera. 247 
Thorax punctured, brown, with three c¢arine, the lateral 
ones abbreviated ; sides with two rows of meshes in front, 
one behind. LElytra with large, clear meshes, and with 
a very strong dorsal costa; the ribs between the meshes 
brownish-red ; the elytra do not meet at the base, so that 
the abdomen is visible. Legs and antennz pale; apex of 
former darker. 
Length 1 line. 
In moss, &c. ; not uncommon. 
MOoNANTHIA. 
1. Sides of thorax more or less reflexed, very thin, 
generally with clear meshes. 
A, Sides of thorax and elytra with projecting 
hairs .. oe ac ne 5t -- reticulata. 
AA, Sides of thorax and elytra without projecting 
hairs. 
B. Margins of thorax wide, with several rows of 
meshes. 
a. Sides of thorax and elytra with four rows 
of meshes ae siecle ne -. ampliata. 
b. Sides of thorax and elytra with three rows 
of meshes. . ve ots 2 +» cardui. 
BB. Margins of thorax very narrow, with a single 
row of meshes near the posterior angles.. costata. 
Il. Sides of thorax not reflexed, more or less inflated. 
B. The inflated sides of the thorax bearing rows 
of meshes. 
C. Thorax with three carine extending from 
the base to the frontal hood. 
a. Elytra with three rows of meshes at the 
sides “ic +e os Se -- guadrimaculata. 
b. Elytra with one row of meshes at the sides dwumetorum. 
CC. Side carinz of thorax abbreviated by the lateral 
inflations .. oc BO 6 -- humuli. 
BB. Sides of thorax without meshes, each hese 
a sort of bubble-like excrescence, reaching 
to the central carina mis se -. simplex. 
1. reticulata, H.-Scff. Fig. H.-Seff. Wanz. Ins: iii. 
fie. 288. 
Brownish-grey, covered with upright hairs. Sides of 
the thorax much dilated and rounded at the middle, with 
three to four rows of large meshes ; disk with three nearly 
straight coste. Elytra with fine meshes on the disk. 
Sides much expanded, with three rows of large clear 
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