616 Mr. E. {binders' Si/nopsis of 



.scutellum l)lafk. Elytra castiancoiis, punctiired, covered 

 ■with fine, short, <xolden hairs; clavus inwardly paler. 

 iNIeinhranc smoky-l)ro'\vn, the nerves and a S]:)ot below the 

 cnnens pale. Legs reddish-brown; i'emora, except at the 

 apices, black. Antenna) black, 2nd joint brown in the middle. 



Length 1^ line. 



On larches, iirs, &c. 



Aco'SiFOCOnis =Tem7iostcthiis, pars, D. & S. 



1. Wilier. Elytra paler; membrane obscurely white; ajiical 



joint of the antennre decidedly shorter than third . . . . 2)ygmmis. 



2. Narrower. Elytra darker ; membrane dark, with the nerves 



pale; third and fourth joints of antennre subcqiial .. alpinus. 



1, j)ijgm(pus, Fall. Fig. Dougl. & Scott, Brit. Hem. 



pi. xvi. fig. 5 (Jucoru)n). 



= lucorum, D. & S. 



Head, thorax and scntellnm black, covered with golden, 

 somewhat scattered pubescence. Thorax transversely 

 Avrinkled and punctm-ed, with a smoother raised ])ortion 

 in front. Elytra pale brownish-yellow, covered with short 

 golden hairs ; membrane milky ; legs pale testaceous, 

 femora darker at the base. Antenna? testaceous, base and 

 apex from the 2nd joint darker. 



Length \\ line. 



On fir trees, &c.; common. 



2. alpinns, Rent. 



Narrower and darker than the preceding, Avith rather 

 shorter pubescence ; sides of the thorax less rounded 

 at the anterior angles. Elytra much darker; the mem- 

 brane longer and dusky, with its nerves pale ; legs dark 

 brownish-black ; tibia^ slightly ]ialer in the middle. An- 

 tennas black, second joint brownish in the centre. 



Length li line. 



Norwich and Scotland ; on firs. 



Temnostetiius. 



I. Elytra dark brown, with a white spot on the margin below 



the base ;;«.s'i7/ws. 



II. Elytra pale brown, not spotted nlgncornU. 



1. jmsillus, H.-Schff. Fig. Wanz. Ins. fig. 977. 



Black or broAvnish-black, a subhimieral spot and a small 

 roundish spot at the base of the cuneus whitish. INIem- 

 brane dusky, a spot at the base, and a transverse one 

 below the apex of the cuneus, white. Thorax with 



