40 Mr. James Edwards’ Synopsis of 
Pronotum one-third longer than the crown, with a few black spots 
in front, behind with four dark stripes, each composed of short 
transverse black lines. Scutellum with some black spots. Elytra 
gently rounded at the sides, a little longer than the abdomen, 
widely rounded at the apex; nerves a little paler than the disc. 
Abdomen black. Legs striped, spotted, and banded with black. 
In the female the crown is nearly twice as long in the middle as at 
the sides, the speckling on the elytra is confined to a little along 
the nerves, the other dark markings are much reduced, and the 
frons is brownish yellow, with a double black middle stripe and 
black or fuscous transverse lines. Length, 3—3} mm. 
Very abundant in grassy places. The male is easily 
recognised by its small size and dusky appearance, but 
the female is liable to be confounded with A. communis, 
from which it is best separated by its narrower, more 
pointed form, and the absence of milk-white spots on 
the elytra. 
8. Athysanus obsoletus, Kbm. 
Athysanus obsoletus, Kirschb., Athys. Art., 7, 4; 
Cicad., 109, 50; Scott, Ent. Mo. Mag., xii., 97, 7. 
A. sexpunctatus, J. Sahl., Not. Fenn., xii., 271, 8. 
A. piceus, Scott, Ent. Mo. Mag., xii., 97, 6. 
Greyish yellow; crown with six black points placed in two oblique 
lines meeting in the apex. Crown in the male as long as half its 
basal width, two-thirds longer in the middle than at the sides; in 
the female a little longer than half its basal width, one-half longer 
in the middle than at the sides, its free sides gently arcuate, the 
angle obtuse; basal markings punctiform, close to the eyes; 
interocular line thickened and widely interrupted in the middle, 
most frequently represented by a pair of spots on the disc; inter- 
ocellar line thickened and interrupted in the middle, often broken 
up into four spots, and most frequently represented by a pair of 
spots on the apex; infraocellar line obsolete or wanting. Frons 
yellow, with black transverse lines. Pronotum three times (?) or 
nearly three times (#) as long as the crown. Elytra variable in 
length, in the prevalent form with scarcely any traces of black 
speckling along the whitish nerves. Abdomen in the male black, 
with the connexivum yellow; in the female yellow, with an 
acuminate black middle stripe on both upper and under sides; 
hind margin of the last ventral segment (?) concave, with a blunt 
triangular tooth in the middle. Legs striped and spotted with 
black; intermediate thighs with a black band before the apex. 
Length, 4}—5} mm. 
