624 Mr. E. Saunders' Synopsis of 



Pygolampis. 

 1. bidentata, Fonrc. Fig. Dongl. & Scott, Brit. Ilcm. 

 pi. xviii. fig. 4. 



= l)ifuri'ata, Dougl. & Scott. 



Dark, dull brown, elongate ; head nearly as long as the 

 thorax, spined beneath and at the back. Antenna) 

 inserted quite near its apex ; 1st joint of the antenna? 

 thick ; the rest much thinner and generally turned back- 

 wards; rosti'um very thick. Thorax with two largo 

 spines beneath ; above flat and subtrapezoidal. J'^lytni 

 shorter than the body ; connexivnm with a pale spot at 

 the junction of each segment. Legs rather paler than 

 the rest of the insect ; front tibia? ringed with brown. 



Length 7 lines. 



Very rare, near Bridgenorth, Salop. 



CoiiANUS. 

 L suhapterus, De Geer. Fig. Dougl. & Scott, Brit. 

 Hem. pi. xviii. fig. 2. 



Black, covered with a dense adpressed grey pubescence, 

 and with long, scattered hairs on the head, thorax, legs 

 and antenna? ; eyes prominent, large ; head much narrowed 

 behind. Thorax constricted in the middle; scutcllum 

 tuberculate, almost spinose. Elytra almost always rudi- 

 mentary, very narrow^, with a short, black, sliining mem- 

 brane ; body subovate, Avith a somewhat naked line down 

 the middle, and a naked spot on each side of each segment ; 

 connexivum pale, spotted w^ith black. Legs with the 

 tibia? more or less pitch}-. 



Length 4—5 lines. 



Deal, Weybridge, Addington, &c.; under Erodium, not 

 rare. 



Reduvius. 

 L persona f us, Linn. Fig. Dougl. & Scott, Brit. Ilcm. 

 pi. xviii. fig. 3. 



BroAvn, hairy, base of the tibia? naiTowly ]ialcr ; head 

 small, neck much constricted. Thorax with a Avidc 

 central furrow, much Avidened posteriorly ; siu'face smooth 

 in front ; rugose behind, base rounded. Scutellum Avith 

 a raised y-like smooth carina, the rest rugose. Elytra 

 pitchy broAvn. Antenna?: 1st joint brown, apex paler; 

 rest more or less pale. 



Length 7i — 8 lines. 



In houses, fowl-houses, &c. ; often flies by night. 



