112 Mr. James Edwards' Synopsis of 



is the largest and most constant, the uppermost pair are frequently 

 reduced to mere points, and the lower comma-shaped pair are 

 either represented by a pair of black points or absent altogether. 

 Pronotum gi-eyish yellow, its disc more or less suffused with 

 brown, the smooth ovate space behind each eye sometimes filled 

 up with black. Scutellum greyish yellow with a black triangle 

 on each side at the base and a pair of black points just above 

 the transverse channel. Elytra whitish hyaline with a strong 

 brown cloud on the base of the subapical areas, and the apical 

 areas and the clavus below the anal nerve tinged with brown ; 

 nerves strong, rust-brown. Abdomen above black, hind margins 

 of the segments narrowly yellow. Legs jiale, hind tibite with a 

 small black spot on the outer side at the base. 



5 . General coloration with a bright rust-brown tinge. Length, 

 4^ — 5 mm. 



On aspen. Stoke Holy Cross, Norfolk. 



7. Pediopsis imjyurus, Boh. 



Jassusimpurus, Bob., Sv. Ak. Handl., 37, 9 (1849). 

 Pediopsis impnrus, Thorns., Opusc. Ent., iii., 321, 11 ; 



J. Sahl., Not. Fenn., xii., 133, 13; Scott, Ent. 



Mo. Mag., X., 190, 5. 



Face greyish yellow, its disc frequently suffused with dusky, the 

 three uppermost sjiots subeqi;al in size, the lower comma-shaped 

 ones large and well-marked. Pronotum pale brownish grey, the 

 smooth space behind each eye filled up with black. Scutellmn 

 greyish yellow, with a black triangle on each side at the base and 

 occasionally a pan* of black points just above the transverse 

 channel. Elytra subopaque, pale brownish gi'ey, nerves concolorous. 

 Abdomen above black with the hind margins of the segments 

 more or less widely yellow. Legs as in fuscinervis. Length, 

 3:i — 4 mm. 



On sallows. The colour of this species occasionally 

 varies to blackish grey, in which case the nerves are 

 paler than the elytra. 



8. Pediopsis distinctus, Scott. 

 Pediopsis distinctus, Scott, Ent. Mo. Mag., x., 191, 6. 



Similar in appearance to the last, but the body is narrower and 

 the angle of the crown more pointed. Elytra pale brownisli grey, 



