628 ISIr. E. baunders' Synopsis of 



in front and somcAvliat swollen at tlic base, with a dark 

 median line in front, nnited to the base by a very narrow, 

 obscure one; base wide, more than twice as long as the 

 anterior margin ; scntclhim dark, with a pale spot on each 

 side; elytra of an uniform pale greyish-ochreous colour; the 

 nerves, if anything, a little paler, Avith a small sjiot at the 

 apex of the clavus, and two on the meml)ranal margin of 

 the corium, black; membrane slightly dusky, the nerves 

 darker; legs and antemui2 of the same colour as the rest 

 of the insect: thighs spotted. 



Length 3^ lines. 



Common bj sweeping, &c. 



8. rur/osus, Linn. Fig. Leon Dufour, Rccherches, 62, 



pi. V. fig. 55. 



= dorsalis, D. & S. 



Pale ochreous; head, thorax and scutellum with a dark 

 central band; Imse of the thorax not more than twice as 

 long as the anterior margin, disk with numerous brownish- 

 red irregular markings ; elytra v>'itli the nerves \m\vr than 

 the ground colour ; a very small spot behind the middle, 

 and another on the membranal margin of the corium, 

 black ; membrane dusky, Avith darker nerves, seldom fully 

 developed; legs and antennae ochreous; femora spotted. 



Length 3^ lines. 



Common under herbage, in rubbish, &c. 



Differs Tromfcriis in the shape of the thorax and its less 

 pale unicolorous ajjpearance. 



9. ericetorum, Scholz. 



Extremely like the preceding, but narrower and darker ; 

 being of a reddish-brown, and with rather shorter antenna? 

 and shorter anterior femora. 



Length Z\ lines. 



Common on heaths imder Erica. 



Prostemma. 



\. guttula, Fab. Fig. Dougl. & Scott, Brit. Hem. pi. 

 xviii. fig. 6. 



Greenish-black, shining, with long, scattered hairs. 

 Elytra and legs scarlet (elytra abbreviated). 



Length A\ lines. 



Very rare; Charlton, Sandwich, l\runrhester. 



