LYG1DJE. 459 



Bluish-green, somewhat shining, clothed with very fine, short, 

 depressed, pale yellowish- white hairs. Cuneus ; apex narrowly 

 black ; tibia ; 3rd pair bent a little below the base, and with 

 short, spinose, black hairs. 



Head. Antennce shorter than the body, greenish or yellowish- 

 green; apex of the 2nd joint, and 3rd and 4th, brown. Face; 

 central lobe black. Eyes black. Rostrum greenish-yellow, tip 

 piceous. 



Thorax. Pronotum finely crenate-punctate. Scutellum finely 

 wrinkled transversely, slightly depressed in the centre next the 

 transverse channel. Elytra somewhat diaphanous ; davus and Corium 

 thickly and finely punctured, almost wrinkled transversely ; Cuneus; 

 apex narrowly black ; Membrane pale fuscous, iridescent ; between 

 the apex of the cuneus and the inner cell-nerve a brown spot ; next 

 the apex of the anterior margin a large triangular brown patch, and 

 below the apex of the outer cell a short brown streak; inner 

 marginal nerve pitchy brown ; cell-nerves greenish-yellow ; apex of 

 both cells brown. Sternum greenish-yellow. Legs greenish-yellow ; 

 thighs ; 2nd pair, sometimes, and 3rd, with 2 brown rings before the 

 apex; tibia; 3rd pair bent a little below the base, with short, 

 spinose, black hairs ; apex narrowly brownish ; tarsi yellowish ; 3rd 

 joint and claws black. 



Abdomen ; underside greenish-yellow, clothed with fine, pale, 

 golden-yellow hairs ; sides with a more or less defined, broad, brown 

 streak. 



Length, 2J lines. 



This species has occurred, though sparingly, at Eltham, on 

 brambles in August. Dr. Power and Mr. Crotch have also met 

 with it. 



Species 4. LYGUS SULCIFRONS. 



CAPSTJS suLCiraoNs, Kirschb, Caps. 130, 7, & 183, 560 (1855). 



Elongate. 



Greenish or yellowish-green, clothed with very fine, short, depressed, 



pale yellowish-white hairs. Crown with a longitudinal channel ; 



tibia slightly bent a little below the base, and with small black 



spots, and brownish-yellow spinose hairs. 



