G32 ]\Ir. E. S^iiders' Si/noj)A-is of 



Legs pale, a black line beneath each tliigli, a lino of dark 

 spots above; tlhix more or less obscure at the base; 

 antenna^ black, 1st joint and apex of" 2nd pale. 



Length 2 lines. 



Not rare by the sea coast, on marshy ground. 



The upright pubescence of the head, thorax and scu- 

 tellum is the distinguishing feature of this species. 



7. orthochila, Fieb. (PI. XII. Fig. 3.) ^ 



Black, Avith fine scattered golden hairs Intermixed with 

 the short, scarcely visible, black ones; thorax somewhat 

 brassy, its sides straight; scutcllum slightly swollen and 

 subrugose; elytra widely but slightly reflexed at the sides; 

 clavus with a ])a\o spot near its apex ; corium Avith 

 numerous, round, yelloAvish spots about the disk, and a 

 larger one on the lateral margin just above the apex ; 

 membrane dull yellowish, black at the base and with a 

 black spot below the a])cx of the cuneus; nerves black. 

 Legs pale, thighs sometimes dark beneath ; tibiae at their 

 extreme base and apex black; tarsi black at the apex; 

 antenn;\3 black, basal joint testaceous. 



Length l;i — 2 lines. 



Not common; Scotland, Penzance, Addington Hills, 

 Snowdon, Llangollen, Lincolnshire. 



The ])erfectly straight sides of the thorax, the very 

 projecting eyes and the dis])osition of the spots on the 

 elytra divide this and the following from the others of the 

 genus. 



8. conspicua, Dougl. &: Scott. Fig. Ent. INIo. Mag. 



vol. iv. pi. i. 



Black; thorax considerably longer than in the preceding, 

 with a few golden hairs, its sides straight and deei)ly im- 

 pressed; scutellum subrugose; elytra black, in parts with 

 a velvety appearance, its sides impressed near the base ; 

 clavus Avith a small spot near the apex; corium Avith 

 numerous pale round or oblong spots on the disk and a 

 larger subtriangular one on the lateral margin just above 

 the apex; membrane pale yellowish-brown, its base and 

 the nerves black, and Avith an oblong black spot betAveen 

 each ])air of nerves. Legs: thiglis testaceous-brown, 

 pale at the apex; tibia? pale, the base and apex narrowly 

 darker; tarsi Avith the apex dark; anteiuia; black, basal 

 joint pale beloAv; apical joint not rpiite so long as the 3rd. 



Length 2 lines. 



liare; Invercannoch, Pannoch. 



