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CATALOGUE OF 



A. 

 a. 

 b. 



B. 



a. 



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X 



XX 



b. 



Europe. 



Fore wings marbled with brown. 



First joint of tbe antenna? as long as tbe bead. 



First joint of tbe antennae not more tban two-thirds 



of the length of tbe head. - - 



Fore wings not marbled with brown. 

 Scutellum black. 



Fore wings not longer tban tbe abdomen. 

 Head quite black, or yellow and with a black stripe 



beneath. ------ 



Head ferruginous beneath. - - - - 



Fore wings distinctly longer tban the abdomen. 



Thorax will) whitish hairs. - 



Areolets of the hind wings without hooks. - 



Areolets of the hind wings with houks. 



Fore wings brown. - 



Fore wings whitish or grayish yellow. 



Proihorax much widened in front. - 



Prothorax not much widened in front. 

 Scutellum pale. 

 Colour partly green. - 



Colour wholly without green. 



brevipennis. 

 subaplerus. 



brevis. 

 ericetoruin. 



flavomarginatus. 

 alpirius. 



pilosulus. 



longipennis. 

 ferus. 



viridulus. 

 pallidus. 



1. Nabis subapterus. 



Cimex subapterus, Deg. Ins. iii. 287, pi. 15, f. 10— Nabis subaptera, Oliv. 

 Enc.\\\. 140 — Reduvius apterus, Fabr. Ent. Syst. Sup.b\Q; Syst. 

 Rhyn. 281. Coq. III. Icon. iii. 94, pi. 21, f. 8. Wolf, Icon. (Jim. 

 207, pi. 20, f. 200 — Nabis apterus, Lair. Gen. Ill— Aptus subapterus, 

 Ilahn, Warn. Ins. i. 35 (apterus) pi. 6, f. 24— Nabis subapterus, 

 Ramb. Faun. And. ii. 170. Fieb. Eur. Hem. 160. Dougl. and Scott, 

 Hem. 550— Nabis subaptera, Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. 242. Blanch. 

 Hist. Nat. Ins. iii. 107. Serv. Hist. Hem. 331. 



a—j. England. From Mr. Stephens' collection. 

 k — p. 



England. 



2. Nabis brevipennis. 



Nabis brevipennis, Halm, Wanz. Ins. iii. 32, pi, 83, f. 253. Flur, Rliyn. 

 Liv. i. 694. Fieb. Eur. Hem. 159. Dougl. and Scott, Hem. 549. 



a. England. From Mr. Stephens' collection. 



b, c. Switzerland. Presented by F. Walker, Esq. 

 d, e. Italy. Presented by F. Walker, Esq. 



3. Nabis brevis. 



brevis, Schoh, Arb. Ver. 1846. Fieb. Eur. Hem. 160 — punctatus, Costa, 

 Alii, Inst. Sc. Nat. Napoli, 1848, 250. 



Europe. 



