British Hemiptera-Heterojjtera. 635 



more or less spotted; tibife and tarsi with their extreme 

 apices black ; the former in dai"k varieties more or less 

 dark at the base. Antennae: 1st joint pale, 2nd pale at 

 the apex, 3rd and 4th black. 



Length 1^ — 2 lines. 



Common on the south coast ; Worthing, Littlehamp- 

 ton; also at Chobham, &c. 



14. saltatoria, Linn. (PL XII. fig. 7.) 

 ^ fiicicola, Dougl. & Scott. 

 = marginella, Dougl. & Scott. 

 Var. = vestita, Dougl. & Scott. 



Exceedingly like the preceding, of which it may be but 

 a variety. It differs in having the markings on the elytra 

 more numerous, more decided, and without the tendency 

 to spread observable in that species. The spots get paler, 

 but they retain their form, and I have never seen any 

 specimens with pale elytra. Although so closely allied to 

 the above that I cannot describe the differences in words, 

 yet there is a general look about saltatoria by which, 

 I believe, anyone could distinguish it. 



Length 1^ — 2 lines. 



Common in damp places. Var. vestita, Scotland. 



Yar. vestita, Dougl. & Scott. Pubescence much denser, 

 giving quite a golden aspect to the specimen. 



I have placed under the two preceding heads what have 

 been considered by some authors as six distinct species; 

 but, after a careful examination of a great number of spe- 

 cimens of my own, as well as many kindly lent to me by 

 Mr. Douglas and Dr. Power, I can come to no other 

 conclusion. Even between the two species I have ad- 

 mitted I can see no distinguishing structural characters, 

 and the markings vary to such an extent that it is only on 

 their general style that one can place any reliance. 



15. elegantula, Fall. (PI. XII. fig. 14 (antenna).) 

 = Flori, Dohrn, &c. 

 Head, thorax and scutellum black, shining, covered 

 with long, erect, black hairs ; eyes very large and promi- 

 nent; sides of the thorax converging rapidly in straight 

 lines untjl they almost reach the anterior margin, then 

 subparallel; discal transverse impression very wide and 

 deep; base sinuate. Elyti-a black, dull, covered with 

 long, black, erect hairs, and a fine golden adj^ressed pubes- 

 cence; the lateral margins, fi*om just below the base, 



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