1871.] Qo” 
portion of the disc, piceous ; scutellum slightly convex, finely punctured; 
elytra depressed on the claval suture, exteriorly convex, piceous-yellow, pos- 
teriorly with a darker transverse shade; clavus and each side of the claval 
suture with rows of large, distant punctures, discoidal nerve of the corium also 
with a row of similar punctures on its outer side, and a few others scattered 
on the disc posteriorly; membrane whitish, transparent, the nerves concolorous ; 
sternum with large, deep punctures, and long, projecting hairs; legs entirely 
piceous-yellow, clothed with short hairs. 
Abdomen black, hairy, shining. : Length 2 lines. 
A single specimen was taken many years ago by Mr. Wollaston, 
but there is no record of the locality. 
The species, the only one of the genus, has much primd facie re- 
semblance to Stygnocoris sabulosus, but it differs inter alia by its greater 
size, and stouter, more uniform antenne. It is found but rarely in 
Switzerland, Austria, and Norway (Schiddte). 
Famity 2.—PHYGADICIDA. 
Genus 2.—NYSIUS, Dall. 
NyYsIvUS MACULATUS. 
Nysius maculatus, Fieb., Eur. Hem., 168, 2 (1861). 
Narrow, black, shining. Head: middle lobe above, side lobes in- 
wardly, and a spot on the posterior margin, ochreous. Antenne piceous. 
Rostrum black. Pronotum with three small spots in front, one on each 
side, one on the posterior margin, and on each posterior angle, ochreous. 
Scutellum black. lytra pale ochreous; clavus and corium posteriorly 
brown-spotted; nerves and posterior margin of the latter with long, 
fuscous-black spots; membrane pale, infuscated between the pale 
nerves. Sternum with pale, coxal spots. Thighs black, yellowish at 
the apex ; ¢ibie fuscous-brown. 
Head finely punctured, middle lobe on the surface, side-lobes inwardly, and a small 
spot on the middle of the posterior margin, ochreous. Antenne piceous. Eyes 
brown. Rostrum black. 
Thorax : pronotum with only a slight indication of a middle keel; the anterior 
third of the disc finely, the other two-thirds deeply, distinctly, and more 
strongly punctured ; on the anterior margin, in the middle, a small spot, and 
behind each eye a still smaller one, on each side-margin one rather elongate, 
on the posterior margin one in the middle, aud one on each prominent posterior 
angle, all ochreous. Scutellwm finely punctured, except on the slight, smooth 
middle keel. Elytra pale, dingy ochreous: clavus posteriorly with indistinct, 
cloudy, fuscous spots ; claval suture with a thin, black line ; corium inwardly 
and posteriorly spotted like the clavus ; anterior margin with a narrow, black 
line ; posterior margin fuscous-black, interrupted by the ends of the two pale 
