LITOSOMIILE. 343 



We have only met with a single example, which was taken 

 at Folkestone, in September, by sweeping amongst Ononis 

 spinosa, &c. 



Dr. Fieber has seen the insect, and returned it with the above 

 specific name. He moreover observes that it is closely allied to L. 

 Jlavosparsus, Sahib., both in the colour and the spotting of the elytra. 



Species 9. LITOSOMA ANGUSTUS. 



CAPSTJS ANGUSTUS, H. Schf. Norn. Ent. i, 49 (1835) ; Meyer, Caps, i, 56, 

 19, tab. 2, fig. 3 (1843); Kirschb. Caps. 77, 93 

 (1855). 



OETHOTYLUS AUGUSTUS, Fieb. Europ. Hem. 288, 1 (1861). 



Elongate, narrow, Yellow, thickly clothed with very short white 



hairs. 







Head ochreous-yellow. Eyes black, pale behind. Rostrum yel- 

 lowish ; tip piceous. 



Thorax. Pronotum ochreous-yellow, with 2 callosities behind the 

 anterior margin, connected by a very short transverse keel ; pos- 

 terior margin convex, indented in the middle. Scutellitm convex ; 

 slightly raised above the clavus. Elytra ; Clavus and Corium dia- 

 phanous ; very pale yellowish, the margins and nerves darker ; 

 Membrane pale ; iridescent ; inner margin very narrowly piceous ; 

 cell-nerves white; the outer nerve exteriorly, very narrowly mar- 

 gined with yellowish. Legs ; tibiae without spinose hairs ; tarsi 

 brownish-yellow ; 3rd joint black. 



Abdomen greenish, or yellowish-green. 



Length, If 2 lines. 



"We have taken this insect on palings, and beaten it from ash 

 trees, at Croydon, in June and July, somewhat abundantly. 



Species 10. LITOSOMA ERICETORUM. 



PHYTOCOIUS ERICETOKUM, Fall. Hem. Suec. i, 105, 55 (1829). 

 CAPSUS Sahib. Geoc. Fen. 104, 28 (1848) ; Kirschb. 



Caps. 90, 122 (1855). 



