282 Mr. WP saunders Synopsis of 
a little distance below the apex of the cuneus; inner 
margin black. Legs with the tarsi and the extreme base 
of each tibia black. Antenne brownish; first joint white 
at the extreme base and apex, then narrowly black, leaving 
the middle brown ; second joint black at the extreme base 
and apex. 
Length 2? lines. 
Common on alders, in August and September. 
CHLAMYDATUS. 
SPHYROCEPHALUS, Dougl. & Scott. 
I. Head and thorax black. 
a. Legs pale testaceous 46 ve -- ambulans. 
b. Legs green or brown S6 me -- caricis. 
II. Thorax pale fe o5 ar oe -. insignis. 
1. ambulans, Fall. Fig. Dougl. & Scott, Brit. Hem. 
pl. xi. fig. 5. 
$ Elongate; head, thorax and scutellum black ; elytra 
ochraceous, the clavus infuseate, apex of lateral margin 
darker ; cuneus margined with brown; membrane slightly 
dusky; legs testaceous; antenne black, slightly paler 
towards the apex; body black. 
? Black, generally with undeveloped elytra, short and 
stout; legs testaceous; antennze black, base of third joint 
pale. 
Length $ 24 lines; ¢ 13 line. 
Not uncommon ; by sweeping in damp places. 
2. caricis, Fall. Fig. Meyer. Capside, tab. v. fig. 2 
(elegantulus). 
= elegantulus, Dougl. & Scott. 
Head, thorax and scutellum black; elytra dull green, 
inwardly brown, covered with short, adpressed, ochreous 
hairs; membrane slightly dusky; legs in the ¢ brownish- 
testaceous, in 2 green. Antenne black; ¢ with a pale 
spot on each side of the head; ¢ brighter in colour than 
the ¢. 
Length 2 lines. 
Rare; in damp places, by sweeping; Wimbledon, 
Woking, Newcastle, Dorsetshire. 
3. insignis, Dougl. & Scott. Fig. Ent. Month. Mag. 
vol. il. p. 247 (woodcut). 
Flayous; head black, with a greyish spot near each 
