280 Mr. Pssunders Synopsis of 
generally with a brownish spot on each thigh. Antenne 
black, basal joint and two apical joints reddish-y ellow. 
Length 2# lines. 
Common on oaks. 
4. dispar, Boh. Fig. Ent. Month. Mag. vol. iv. pl. 1 
fio. 4, d and ¢, 
$ Head, thorax and scutellum black ; elytra whitish, 
with a broad brownish cloud across the apex; cuneus with 
the apex brown, membrane dusky; legs brownish-yellow. 
Antenne black, first joint at the base yellow ish, third and 
fourth br ownish-y yellow. 
? Elytra undeveloped, without cuneus or membrane, 
white and semi-transparent. Second joint of antennie 
much thickened at the apex. 
Length 1} line. 
Leicester; at the roots of grass in damp places. 
5. ater, Dougl. & Scott. 
Black. Antenne with the basal half of the third joint 
yellow. LElytra: corium pitchy-black at the base, within 
the anterior margin a short whitish streak; claval suture 
very narrowly whitish, posterior margin black, cuneus 
black, base next the inner angle with a pale brownish- 
white patch; membrane pale brown; legs brownish-yellow. 
Length 1} line. 
A single ? taken at Leicester. 
I do not know this species, and therefore give extracts 
from Messrs. Douglas and Scott’s description. 
CYLLOCORIS. 
1. histrionicus, Linn. Fig. Dougl. & Scott, Brit. Hem. 
pl. xu. fig. 3. 
Elongate. Head black, a spot on the neck pale. 
Thorax black, with the base and apex flavous; or 
orange-yellow, with a black spot on each side in front, 
not quite joining each other in the middle, and not 
touching the anterior margin; sides and base deeply 
sinuate. Scutellum black at the base, flavous at the apex. 
Elytra orange-yellow, corium widely pale along the claval 
suture, base of cuneus pale; legs orange-coloured, bases of 
the thighs paler. Antenne: first jomt pale, rest black. 
Undersides of head, thorax and breast black. Abdomen 
pale, with the base and a band near the apex brown. 
Length 34 lines. 
On oaks, by beating in summer ; common. 
