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having its base at the cuneus ; the spaces between the margin and 

 the 1st and 2nd nerves more or less brownish, or brownish-pink, 

 darker on either side the pale triangle ; Cuneus yellowish or pink, 

 the base and side next the membrane pale ; Membrane hyaline, 

 slightly iridescent ; cell-nerves yellowish, the outer one margined 

 with brown on either side ; a streak below the cells to the apex, and 

 the inner margin, pale brownish. Sternum with a blackish line on 

 each side. Legs yellowish or brownish; frequently all the thighs 

 are thickly covered with pink spots, more or less confluent, giving 

 them a marbled appearance ; tibia sparingly clothed with short, 

 stout, somewhat spinose, reddish or brownish hairs ; apex piceous ; 

 tarsi; apex of the 3rd joint, and claws pitchy black. 



Abdomen ; upperside brownish, or brownish-yellow ; underneath 

 yellowish, with 2 pitchy-brown streaks on the sides, the broadest 

 one next the connexivum ; margin of the latter yellow. 



Length, 4 lines. 



A few specimens taken at Deal by sweeping dwarf sallows in 

 August. It appeared to be very local. Dr. Power has also taken 

 this species. 



Genus 2. PHYTOCORIS, Fall. 

 Longish oval, or somewhat parallel. 



Head vertical in front ; as broad as, or broader across the eyes, 

 than long ; Crown flattish, deflected, level with or a little below the 

 upper margin of the eyes ; Clypeus convex ; apex a little produced, in 

 a line with, or a little lower than, the base of the antenna? ; antenni- 

 ferous processes very short, immediately in front of the eyes ; Face ; 

 central lobe not prominent, shortish, stout, convex ; side lobes short, 

 stout, rounded outwardly. Antennas as long as, or longer than, the 

 body, slender, almost filiform, the 1st joint only thickened and of 

 variable length, generally as long as the pronotum and half the head ; 

 2nd If to 2 times the length of the 1st ; 3rd |- as long as the 2nd ; 

 4th more than \ the length of the 3rd. Eyes more or less prominent ; 

 viewed from above hemispherical ; from the side short, oval. Ros- 

 trum reaching beyond the 3rd pair of coxa3; 1st and 2nd joints of 

 almost equal length, the 1st stout, reaching to the end of the xyphus 

 of the prosternum ; 3rd and 4th together as long as the 2nd ; 3rd 

 longer than the 4th ; 4th about the length of the 2nd. 



