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yellow. Scutellum finely wrinkled transversely, and slightly de- 

 pressed before tlie apex ; base to, or a very little beyond the transverse 

 channel, black ; remainder yellow. Elytra ; Clavus convex ; some- 

 what deeply, irregularly, and coarsely punctured, with a short 

 yellow streak at the apex, between the nerve and the suture ; Corium 

 thickly punctured ; anterior margin throughout its entire length 

 yellow; base between the 1st and 2nd nerves, as far as in a line 

 with the apex of the clavus streak, and a short streak at the apical 

 inner angle, forming with the clavus streak an X-shaped patch, 

 yellow ; Cuneus orange-yellow ; apex black ; Membrane blackish ; 

 below the apex of the cuneus a somewhat round pale spot ; inner 

 marginal nerve and cell-nerves black. Legs black or pitchy black ; 

 all the thighs generally with a longitudinal row of spots on both 

 sides ; 1st and 2nd pairs frequently pitchy yellow ; tibiae yellowish, 

 clothed with very short, fine, brown hairs, and a few longer spinose 

 ones ; apex piceous ; tarsi piceous ; 3rd joint black ; claws brown. 

 Abdomen ; underside ; black ; $ with a streak along the sides, 

 and the margin of the connexivum narrowly yellowish. 



Length, 3^ lines. 



This species appears to be somewhat scarce. Dr. Power has taken 

 it at Thornton Eeservoir, Leicestershire, in July. 



Species 6. DEILEOCORIS BINOTATUS. 



LYG^EUS BINOTATUS, Fab. E. S. iv, 172, 130 (1794); S. R. 235, 159 (1803). 

 PHYTOCORIS Fall. Hem. Suec. i, 78, 3 (1829). 

 CAPSUS //. Schf. Wanz. iii, 77, fig. 296 (1836) ; Meyer, Caps. 



92, 78 (1843). 



(DEILEOCOKIS) BINOTATUS, Kirschb. Caps. 59, 56 (1855). 



(CAPSUS) Flor, Rhyn. Liv. i, 499, 18 (I860). 

 ONCOGNATHUS Fieb. Europ. Hem. 246 (1861). 



Elongate, narrow, almost parallel. Yellowish or greenish-yellow, 

 clothed with fine, short, whitish hairs; Antennae somewhat filiform. 



Head with 2 spots on the crown at the hinder margin of the eyes, 

 a narrow streak along the inside of each eye, and the margin of the 

 clypeus, piceous ; Face vertical ; central lobe convex, shortish, black 

 or piceous ; side lobes short, stoutish, narrowly piceous on the inner 

 margin. Antennae; 1st joint dusky green, clothed with fine, short, 

 black hairs ; 2nd, 3rd, and 4th brownish. Eyes large, semicircular 

 above ; viewed from the side, oval. Rostrum reaching to the 3rd 



