1060 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



Genus 6. RHIZOBIUS. 

 Rhizobius, Burm. Handh. Ent. ii. 1, 87. Hartig, Kali. 



1. Rhizobius PiLOSELLiE. 



Rhizobius Pilosellae, Burm. Handh. Ent. ii. 1, 87, 1. Kalt. Mon. 



PJlan. 208, 1, f. 35. 

 Rhizobius, Amyot, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 2me Serie, v. 486, 540. 



Germany. 



2. Rhizobius Pint. 



Rhizobius Pini, Burm. Handh. Ent. ii. 1, 87,2. Hartig, Furst. 

 Conversat. Lexikon, 8, 31, 33. Germ. Ent. Zeit. iii. 363, pi. 1, 

 f. 11, 12. Kalt. Mon. PJlan. 208, 2. 



Germany. 



3. Rhizobius subterraneus. 

 Rhizobius subterraneus, Kalt. Mon. PJlan. 209, 3, f. 35. 

 Prussia. 



Genus 7. RHIZOTERUS. 



Rhizoterus, Hartig, Germ. Ent. Zeit. iii. 363. 

 Forda, Heyden, Kalt. 



1. Rhizoterus VACCA. 



Rhizoterus vacca, Hartig, Germ. Ent. Zeit. iii. 363. 

 Forda formicaria, Heyden, Kalt. Mon. PJlan. 209, 1, f. 33. 

 Forda, Amyot, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 2me Serie, v. 486, 541. 



Veiy small, dull yellow from the head to more than half the 

 length, dull green and slightly decreasing in breadth from thence to 

 the tip of the abdomen, which is hardly convex, and has a rim on 

 each side : front hairy, convex : mouth pale yellow, with a black 

 tip, which appears just beyond the tip of the abdomen : feelers and 

 legs slightly hairy : feelers clavate, much more than half the length 

 of the body, pale yellow, brown towards the tips ; first and second 

 joints short; third very long; fourth and fifth of moderate length; 

 sixth short, dart-shaped, much narrower and shorter than the fifth. 

 On Sowthistle roots. Length of the body ^ line, or less. 



