258 Mr. WSaunders’ Synopsis of 
HH. Elytra withont short, decidnous, seale-like 
hairs; pubescence generally grey and ad- 
pressed oe oe 4 A .. Plagiognathus. 
ACETROPIS. 
1. Gimmerthalii, Flor. = seticulosa, Dougl. & Scott. 
Fig. Dougl. & Scott, Brit. Hem. pl. x. fig. 5. 
és Elongate, nearly parallel-sided. g. Elongate, sub- 
elliptic. Pale bone eous, sometimes slightly ereenish, with 
scattered erect black hairs. Head with a central dark 
line, and a dark margin to the eyes. Thorax with the 
sides very thin and slightly reflexed ; a narrow line bor- 
dering the pale dorsal line, and a wider one about midway 
between it and the lateral margin, brown. Seutellum 
with a brown line on each side of the disk. Elytra, 
within the discal nerve of the corium, slightly darkened ; 
nerves very prominent in the ¢. Legs and antenne the 
same colour as the upper surface in the é, rather darker 
italy, i 
Length 2? lines. 
In damp places by sweeping. Woking, Deal, New 
Forest, &e. 
Miris. 
A. Hind thighs toothed beneath .. 50 -» calearatus. 
AA. Hind thighs not toothed. 
a. Insect elongate, face with a distinct im- 
pression extending to its apex .. -- levigatus. 
b. Insect subrobust, face impressed deeply 
only near the forehead .. oe .» holsatus. 
1. calcaratus, Fall. Fig. (dentata) Hahn, Wanz. Ins. 1. 
15, fig. 8 (not wood). 
Ochreous or green. Antenne and tarsi in green speci- 
mens more or less red. ‘Thorax and scutellum deeply 
punctured, the former with a dark stripe down each side 
at some distance from the margin. lytra, in some speci- 
mens, with a short brown line on the clavus and a narrow 
aya stripe down the corium; in others almost con- 
colorous throughout. Legs, with the thighs, more or less 
spotted; hind thighs with two sharp teeth. Antenne 
shortly pilose, a apical joint and basal joint about equal in 
leneth, third and fourth together shorter than second. 
Length 3}—4 lines. 
Common by sweeping, &c. 
