34 Mr. James Edwards’ Synopsis of 
11 (8). Sides of pronotum extremely short; keel 
obsolete or wanting sic .- vi. Lrvorettix. 
12 (7). Membrane as long as the inner iol of 
the clavus .. de: 4 a .. Vii. GNATHODUS. 
i. Sricrocoris, Thoms. (Pl. III., fig. 11). 
Thomson, Opuse. Ent., i. (1870). 
Body robust, ovate. Head with the eyes wider than the pro- 
notum, obtuse in front. Crown convex, sublunate, very feebly 
roundly produced in the middle. Frons longer than its width 
across the base; cheeks wide, base of the lore subequal in width 
to the base of the clypeus. Rostrum stout, longer than the 
clypeus. Sides of the pronotum very short, obtusely and in- 
distinctly margined. Elytra hyaline, ample, about as long as the 
abdomen, not overlapping at the apex; appendix very narrow ; 
four short apical and five subapical areas. 
1. Stictocoris Preyssleri, H.-Scff. 
Jassus Preyssleri, H.-Seff., Deuts. Ins., 164, 7; Flor, 
Rhyn. Liv., ii., 288, 8; Kirschb., Cicad., 121, 75 ; 
Thoms., Opuse. Ent., i., 61, 13. 
Thamnotettix adumbrata, Boh., Sv. Ak. Handl., 41, 16 
(1847). 
Stictocoris Preyssleri, J. Sahl., Not. Fenn., xu., 258, 3. 
Thamnotettixz Preyssleri, Scott, Ent. Mo. Mag., xii., 
25,11; Fieb., Cicad. d’Eur. (Thamnotettix), 99. 
Pale yellowish white; four spots on the crown, one at the base, 
and three at the front margin, the latter continued on to the frons, 
a spot at the base of each antenna sometimes, and a wide middle 
stripe on the pronotum and scutellum, black ; elytra hyaline, with 
the inner margin narrowly and a stripe running along the inner 
branch of the cubital nerve, and fading behind, fuscous or black. 
Crown obtusely pointed, one-half longer in the middle than at the 
sides, and about half as long as its basal width. Abdomen above 
black, narrowly yellow at the sides; beneath yellow, with a black 
middle stripe. Legs yellow, with or without black lines and 
points. Length, 3—3; mm. 
Said to occur in July and August on Genista. 
