276 Mr. Ra unders’ Synopsis of 
brane less spotted and the posterior femora with two 
distinct apical rings. 
Length 24 lines, 
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Commoner than the preceding by sweeping, &c. 
5. pratensis, Fab. Fig. Dougl. & Scott, Brit. Hem. 
pl. xv. fig. 2. 
Ochreous or ochreous-grey, with brown markings, 
exceedingly variable ; thorax strongly punctured; elytra 
covered with fine grey pubescence. Scutellum trans- 
versely rugose, posterior femora with two dark rings near 
the apex; “sometimes united into one broad black ring. 
Var. campestris. 
Of a greenish tint, scutellum more swollen and less 
rugose. 
Length 3 lines. 
Very common everywhere by sweeping, &c. 
6. pastinace, Fall. Fig. Dougl. & Scott, Brit. Hem. 
pl. xv. fig. 5. 
Short, oval, punctured and covered with a fine ochreous 
pubescence. Pale yellowish-green. Clavus, a spot on 
the interior angle of each corium, above the membrane, 
the extreme apex of the cuneus sometimes, the last two 
joints of the antenne and the apex and base of the second, 
black. Legs pale, apex of the tarsi black. 
Length 2 lines. 
Common by sweeping, &c. 
Varies much in the “ground colour, also in the size of 
the spots, which are sometimes scarcely visible. 
7. Kalmii, Linn. Fig. Hahn, Wanz. Ins. i. fig. 109. 
Oval, punctured, clothed with a fine greyish pubescence. 
Head ochreous, with an irregular brown spot in the middle. 
Thorax brown, with a pale dorsal line not reaching the 
anterior margin, and also with the thickened anterior 
margin itself, pale. Scutellum flavous, generally with a 
dark spot on the base. Elytra with the clavus, a 
broad band across the apex of the corium, and the 
apex of the cuneus, brown. Legs ochreous, middle pair 
of thighs with one brown ring; hind thighs with two 
brown rings near the apex. Apex of each tibia also 
brown. Antenne brown. 
Length 2—2+ lines. 
Common on nettles, &c., by sweeping. 
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