626 ]\Ir. E. Saunders' Si/nopsis of 



Lciiotli 4 — ii linos. 



On hazel, &c.; A\'inil)le(lon, AVoking, Reigatc. 



The connexivuni ot" the $ is much wider than that of 

 the $ and the entire insect larger. Scarcely ever found 

 with developed eljrtra. 



2. lativentris, Boh. Fig. Ilahn, AVanz. Ins. i. tab. 6, 



fig. 24 (subnpterus) 



= optcrns, D. & S. 



Somewhat like the preceding but smaller, chocolate 

 broAvn, finely pubescent, side of the thorax in front dark 

 brownish-black; scutellum black, Avith the sides paler. 

 Elytra more or less mottled, longer than in the former 

 species, covering nearly three quarters of the body; con- 

 uexivum Avith a red band at the base of each segment. 

 Thighs mottled, with two irregular dark bands towards 

 the apex; tibial much as in the preceding. Antenna? 

 much shorter. 



Length 3^ — 4 lines. 



Very common by sweeping, &c. 



3. major, Costa. Fig. Dougl. & Scott, Brit. Hem. 



pi. xviii. fig. 5. 



= Jlavomarginatus , D. & S. (Brit. Hem.). 



Greyish-brown, finely pubescent; head Avith a central 

 stri])e. Thorax more or less mottled Avith broAvn, Avitli a 

 stripe down the middle and one on each side black. Scu- 

 tellum black, Avith the base on each side pale; clavus 

 Avith the nerves dark ; corium darker broAvn, with the 

 nerA'^es paler, lateral margins at the base pale ochreous; 

 connexivum pale, dark at the extreme apex; legs ochre- 

 ous, front femora Avith a Avide black longitudinal stripe, 

 intermediate pair s])otted Avith broAvn and more or less 

 dark at the apex; hind pair Avidely black at the apex: 

 beneath ochreous, Avith broAvn markings. 



Length 4 — 4^ lines. 



Common under refuse, &c. 



4. Jlavomarginatus, Scholz. 



BroAvn, \-ery like the preceding but scarcely pubescent 

 except on the exposed part of the abdomen, Avith much 

 longer 1st joint to the antenna^ Avith entirely pale legs 

 and almost ahvays Avith undeveloped elytra. Head, thorax 

 and scutellum Avith a black central line, and the thorax 

 Avith a short lateral one in front. Elytra ochreous-broAvn, 

 Avith the nerA^es slightly paler, generally undeveloped, with 



