British Hemiptera-Heteroptera. 275 
II. Species not green ; thorax in some species coarsely 
and deeply punctured. 
A. Species not orange red. 
B. Species large and robust ee oe «+ pratensis. 
BB. Species small. 
C. Legs flavous; hind femora without brown 
rings, sometimes spotted .. an +.» pastinace. 
CC. Legs brownish or ochreous; hind femora with 
two brown rings. 
a. Basal ring broader than apical; 
second joint of antenne not longer 
than third and fourth together .. Kalmii. 
b. Basal ring not broader than apical; 
second joint of antenne longer 
than third and fourth together .. cervinus. 
AA. Species orange-red ss a oe «» rubricatus. 
1. pabulinus, Linn. 
Bright green, clothed with fine pale hairs; apex of the 
second joint and the whole of the third and fourth joints 
of the antennz brown. Thorax shallowly punctured. 
Length 23—3 lines. 
Common by sweeping nettles, &c.; easily distinguished 
from our other British species by its elongate form, un- 
spotted elytra, and the fine pale spines on the tibie. 
2. contaminatus, Fall. 
Bright green, clothed with very fine pale hairs; a trans- 
verse spot on the corium above the membrane, the last 
two joints of the antenne, the apex of the second, and 
the apex of the tarsi, brown. Membrane slightly dusky, 
with a darker spot at the apex of each cell, and a third 
below the apex of the cuneus. 
Length 3 lines. 
On birches, by sweeping, &c. 
3. lucorum, Mey. Fig. Meyer, Caps. vi. fig. 2. 
Bright green, third and fourth joints of the antennz 
brown. LElytra often with a brownish mark just above 
the membrane. Membrane with a spot within the cell, 
a small spot below the apex of the cuneus, and another 
spot below it on the margin, darker. 
Length 23 lines. 
Not common by sweeping. 
4, Spinole, Mey. Fig. Meyer, Caps. i. fig. 2. 
Closely allied to the preceding, but differing in being 
rather large, having the apex of cuneus black, the mem- 
