PHYLIDJE. 357 



Thorax. Pronotum transversely wrinkled. Elytra ; Ouneus black ; 

 Membrane black, iridescent, with a white triangular patch between 

 the apex of the cuneus and the cells ; cell-nerves and cells black, 

 apex of the former white. Legs pale yellowish-white ; tibia with 

 short, somewhat spinose, yellow hairs; tarsi; 3rd joint at the apex 

 brown ; claws paler. 



Abdomen underneath, black or brown. 



In brownish-black or grayish examples the following differences 

 exist : 



Head. Crown brown. 



Pronotum pale gray, palest towards the anterior margin ; anterior 

 margin narrowly black, and a piceous spot at the anterior angles. 

 Scutellum as far as the transverse channel, more or less ochreous or 

 reddish-yellow ; basal angles generally brown ; hinder portion brown, 

 frequently with a pale central line. Elytra ; Corium at the base 

 sometimes reddish-brown ; anterior margin black, the colour spread- 

 ing as it reaches the apex into a clavate patch ; apex narrowly white ; 

 between the posterior inner angle and the cuneus a narrow whitish 

 streak; Cuneus reddish or brownish-yellow ; apex and anterior margin 

 broadly black ; Membrane with a large, black, triangular patch, ex- 

 tending from below the white patch to the apex ; inner marginal 

 nerve black. 



Length, 2-J lines. 



Brownish-black or grayish examples are most frequently met with. 

 Black ones occur but sparingly. 



A common species at Darenth, upon nut-bushes, in June and 

 July. 



Species 4. PHYLUS AVELLAN^E. 



CAPSUS AVELLANJS, H. Schf. Wanz. vi, fig. 670 (1842); Meyer, 

 Caps, ii, fig.* 2 (1843); Kirschb. Caps. 75, 86 

 (1855). 



PHYLTJS Fieb. Europ. Hem. 314, 5 (1861). 



Grayish-red, brownish, or brownish-red, clothed with yellow hairs. 

 Membrane pale pitchy brown, the inner cell, and a streak below 

 the cuneus, paler. 



