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298 Mr. Ik. Saunders’ Synopsis of 
AMBLYTYLUS. 
l. affinis, Dougl. & Scott. Fig. Dougl. & Scott, Brit. 
Hem. pl. xxi. fig. 3. 
Klliptie, very pale- ochreous, clothed with black hairs, 
intermixed with white silvery ones. Nerves of the elytra 
somewhat paler. Antenne: second and third joints sub- 
equal; fourth a little more than one-third as long as third. 
Thorax with the sides slightly margined. 
Length 2 lines. 
Occasionally by sweeping; Reigate, Eltham, &c. 
1 u nl Ta 
CONOSTETHUs. 
I. Third joint of antenne longer than second.. e+ Salinus. 
Il. Third joint of antennzx not so long as second e+ 7OSCUS. 
1. salinus, Sahlb. Fig. Sahlb. Hem. ryska Karelen, 
pix, fies3, 4. 
$ Bloneaes rc suboval. Grey. Head flavous, with 
a brown spot on each side of the base i inthe ¢. Thorax 
with the dorsal line and lateral margins flavous; sides and 
base sinuate. Scutellum with the base and dorsal line 
flavous. Elytra with the sides and cuneus pale. Mem- 
brane dusky. Legs ochreous. Antenne subrobust, 
black or Leones in $ sometimes paler at the aes 
beneath greyish ; sides flavous ; 2? generally paler than ¢. 
Length 2 lines. 
Near Gravesend; on Arenaria maritima, &e. 
2. ee Fall. Fig. Dougl. & Scott, Brit. Hem. pl. xii. 
fie. 4. 
3 Br ownish-erey ; a triangular spot above the mouth, 
dorsal line and sides of the thorax, and dorsal line of 
scutellum and the sides of the elytra, pale-ochreous. 
Membrane dusky. Legs and antennx brownish-grey. 
@ Head, thorax and scutellum greenish-yellow ; dorsal 
line and sides of the thorax and scutellum paler. Elytra 
bright rosy-pink or orange-coloured internally; sides 
flavous. Membrane slightly dusky. Legs and antennz 
greenish, 
Length 13 line. 
Common, but local; by sweeping by roadsides, &e. 
A variable species. 
