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margin yellowish ; disk, next the base broadly pale yellowish, 

 next the apex, especially between the 1st nerve and the claval 

 suture, more or less broadly red ; inner margin between the apex 

 of the clavus and the cuneus narrowly white ; in yellowish-white 

 examples the apex of the anterior margin is somewhat reddish- 

 brown, and between the 1st nerve and the claval suture, a large, 

 somewhat triangular, brownish patch ; Cuneus reddish or orange 

 yellow, the base broadly, apex and margins frequently, whitish ; 

 Membrane pale fuscous, iridescent ; between the apex of the cuneus 

 and the inner cell-nerve, a pale, triangular patch ; anterior margin 

 narrowly, a transverse curved streak below the pale patch, a streak 

 below the apex of the cells and the exterior margin of the latter, 

 blackish ; inner marginal nerve brownish ; cell-nerves pale yellowish, 

 or whitish ; apex of both cells blackish. Sternum reddish or reddish- 

 orange ; Mesosternum ; sides narrowly yellowish-white. Legs pale 

 yellowish-white ; thighs ; 1st pair underneath, sometimes with a 

 short, red streak at the apex ; 3rd broadly orange-yellow or red at 

 the apex ; all the pairs spotted with brown, the spots on the 3rd pair 

 frequently almost forming rings ; tibiae with black spots, and long, 

 somewhat spinose, black hairs ; apex narrowly brownish ; tarsi 

 yellow ; 3rd joint and claws brown. 



Abdomen underneath reddish, clothed with fine, short, golden- 

 yellow hairs ; base in the centre yellowish- white. 



Length, 1 2 lines. 



Yellowish-white examples are the variety P. insignis of Fieber. 

 Abundant on birches at Darenth and elsewhere, in the London 

 district, in June. 



Species 10. PSALLUS DISTINCTUS. 



PSALLUS DISTINCTUS, Fieb. Wien. Ent. Monats. ii, 337, 26 (1858) ; 

 Europ. Hem. 305, 15 (1861). 



Pale orange-yellowish, clothed with fine, depressed, whitish-yellow 

 hairs. 



Head. Crown ; posterior margin pale yellowish-white. Antenna 

 yellow ; 1st joint with a very narrow, black ring in the middle. 

 Rostrum yellowish ; 4th joint brown. 



Thorax. Pronotwm anteriorly, sides narrowly, and a fine central 

 line, pale yellowish-white. Scutellum orange-red ; sides, from the 



