British Hemiptera-Heteroptera. 295 
Species dubia. 
obsoletus, Dougl. & Scott, nec Fieb. ? 
After a careful examination of the type specimen ‘the 
only British one known), I came to the conclusion that it 
certainly did not belong to Fieber’s species. I have, I 
regret to say, since had the misfortune to destroy this 
specimen, and therefore, under the circumstances, I fear 
I must leave the matter to be cleared up when more 
examples are found. 
HETEROTOMA. 
1. merioptera, Scop. Fig. Dougl. & Seott, Brit. Hem. 
pl. xiv. fig. 5. 
Bronzy-brown or black, shining, covered with depressed 
white and short upright blackish hairs; membrane 
black, with a white spot on each side below the apex of 
the cuneus. Legs clear flavous or green. Antenne 
black, first joint thick, round and densely hairy; second 
much flattened and dilated, also densely covered with 
black hairs; third and fourth filiform, brownish, their bases 
pale. 
Length 23 lines. 
Common on nettles, &c., by sweeping, 
ANOTHEROPS, 
1. setulosus, Meyer. Fig. Dougl. & Scott, Brit. Hem. 
plpeal. fig. 'S: 
$ Subelongate; ¢ suboval. Head and thorax pale 
greenish-yellow, more or less covered with scattered stout 
black hairs; the former with a dorsal line and numerous 
round spots more or less confluent, the latter with a 
transverse spot below each callosity, the hind angles and 
a spot on each side of the base black. Scutellum same 
colour as the thorax, with the sides black and the base 
spotted with small black spots. Elytra dull greenish, 
finely punctured with black, and covered with a dense 
black pubescence ; nerves pale and without hairs. Mem- 
brane dusky, nerves pale whitish. Legs greenish, thighs 
and tibix: spotted with black; apices of latter and tarsi 
black. Antenne: first joint spotted with black, rest more 
or less brownish. 
Length 3 lines. 
