NABHLE. 551 



large, triangular, orange spot; Genital segments in the < pitchy 

 yellow. 



Length, 3i lines. 



Common among bushes, long grass, &c., in the autumn. 



Species 3. NABIS LIMBATUS. 



Minis FEETJS, var. )3, Fall. Hem. Suec. 112, 9 (1829) ; Zett. Ins. Lap. 



281, 6 (1840). 

 NABIS LIMBATUS, Dahlb. Yet. Akad. Handl. 227 (1851) ; Flor, Rliyn. Liv. 



i, G95, 2 (1860); ^Vfl. Wien. Ent. Monats. vii, 62, 



(1863). 



Narrow, ochreous ; above with very fine, scarcely perceptible hairs ; 

 beneath with longer and more prominent hairs. Antenna very 

 thin, f the length of the insect ; pronotum long-trapezoidal, the 

 sides nearly straight, and on the middle region with black 

 irregular marks pointing towards the middle of the disk ; the 

 centre with a strong black longitudinal line. Elytra very 

 short, not reaching to the 2nd abdominal segment, poste- 

 riorly rounded; connexivum in the $ very narrow, in the ? 

 very broad. 



Head. Crown with 2, generally black, slightly curved lines 

 diverging from the ocelli (sometimes united behind them) to the 

 front of the eyes ; Face ; a black line at the sides of the central lobe. 

 Antennae pale yellow, very thin, f the length of the insect ; 1st joint 

 longer than the head, and only a little thicker than the others ; 1st 

 and 2nd at the apex, 3rd and 4th entirely, piceous. Anten- 

 niferous processes black, except at the apex. Eyes black. Ocelli 

 red-brown. Rostrum yellow, or brown towards the end, apex 

 black. 



Thorax. Pronotum narrow, long ; the anterior annulus sharply 

 defined ; sides nearly straight, very little expanded posteriorly ; disk 

 down the middle with a thick, black line, narrower anteriorly and 

 posteriorly ; the middle region raised, convex, clearly defined before 

 and behind, with black, irregular, somewhat raised, transverse mark- 

 ings on the sides, pointing inwards, sometimes outwardly connected 

 and forming 2 [-like marks on each side ; the posterior region flatter, 



