British Hem iptera-Heteroptera. Pat (es 
Dicurooscytus, Fieb. 
1. rufipennis, Fall. Fig. Dougl. & Scott, Brit. Hem. 
pl. xv. fig. 8. 
Head and thorax green. Scutellum more or less 
orange-coloured. Elytra blood red, with the lateral mar- 
gins narrowly green. Membrane slightly dusky, nerves 
red. Beneath: legs and antenne green, the latter reddish 
towards the apex. 
Length 3—3+ lines. 
On fir trees; not rare. 
Pa@cILOScyTUs. 
I. Corium unicolorous, without flavous markings. 
a. Insect depressed, corium covered with golden 
hairs allover .. AD oe we +. nigritus. 
b. Insect very convex, corium variegated with 
golden hairs in patches .. ie oe -. Gyllenhalii. 
II. Corium with bright flayous markings .. aie «+ Unifasciatus. 
1. nigritus, Fall. Fig. Dougl. & Scott, Brit. Hem. 
ple say. die. 9. 
Bik clothed with adpressed, bright golden pubes- 
cence. Cuneus pale, a spot on its exterior margin near 
the apex black; membrane black, the nerves “flavous. 
Legs black. Tibize with pale bars. 
Length 23 lines. 
By sweeping on Stachys, &c.; Mickleham and else- 
where. 
2. Gyllenhalii, Fall. Fig. Dougl. & Scott, Brit. Hem. 
ple eve ceen Ie 
Short, oval, convex. Black, variegated with small 
spots of golden pubescence. Posterior margin of thorax 
very narrowly, apex of scutellum, margins of the elytra, 
and the entire cuneus, reddish. Legs: femora brown, with 
the base and a ring near the apex pale; tibize brown, 
paler at the apex; apical joint of the tarsi black. An- 
tenn yellowish-red ; base of first joint, apex of second, 
third and fourth, brown. 
Length 14 line. 
Common by sweeping, especially on Galium. 
3. unifasciatus, Fab. Fig. Dougl. & Scott, Brit. Hem. 
pl. xv. fig..6. ; 
Black, covered with short golden deciduous pubescence ; 
