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it is somewhat contracted ; embolivm long, concave ; cuneus nar- 
rower at the base than the anterior margin of the corium; Jem- 
brane somewhat broad, base in the middle with a Y-shaped cell, 
from which proceed three short, indistinct, pustalated nerves. 
Legs long, thin; thighs cylindrical; tibiz slightly thickened at the 
apex, third pair somewhat bent ; tarsz slender. 
Species 1.—PsEUDOPHLEPS INCONSPICUUS, 0. sp. 
6 Black ; dull. 
Head shining. Face: apex of the central lobe reddish. Antenne: apex of the 
second joint narrowly reddish ; ocelli red ; rostrwm pitchy-black. 
Thorax: pronotum shining, in the middle with a deep transverse incision, beyond 
which the disc is flattened and faintly wrinkled transversely. Elytra: clavus 
and coriwm brown-black, anterior margin of the latter black ; cwneus reddish- 
brown, base brown-black ; membrane fuscous, iridescent, basal cell-nerves 
black ; the short, pustulate, longitudinal nerves, and a narow triangular patch 
below the apex of the cuneus, whitish; legs dark brown-black. 
Abdomen reddish above, underneath darker. Length 7 line. 
Smaller and narrower than Myrmedobia coleoptrata, to which it is 
allied, and with shorter and stouter antenne than that species; the 
shape of the basal cell of the membrane and the almost obsolete nerves 
also prove its distinctness. 
The description has been drawn up from two ¢ specimens, not in 
good order, in the collection of Mr. E. Saunders, taken by Mr. Crotch 
some years ago at Weymouth, under seaweed. No doubt this was 
either accidental, or the seaweed had been taken possession of by a 
colony of ants with whom they were living. 
Corrections in Synonymy. 
SCUTATINA. 
EURYGASTER NIGER. 
Tetyra nigra, Fab., S.R. 186, 39. ZL. maura, Fab. (pars) S. R. 136, 
36. Eurygaster hottentottus, Fieb., D.and 8S. (nec Fab.). £. niger, 
Stal, Hem. Fab. i, 12, 3. 
STRACHIA FESTIVA. 
Cimex festiva, Lin. 
Strachia ornata, Flor, D. and 8. (exel. syn. of 8. ornata). 
Popisus, H.-Schf., Fieb., Stal—Asorus (luridus), Fieb., D. and S. 
(nec Burm.). 
_ Prezoports LITURATUS. 
Cimex lituratus, Fab. ELS. iv, 114, 34, S.R. 170, 84.  Piezodorus 
De Geeri, Fieb. P. purpureipennis, Dall., D. and S. (nec De G.).  P. 
lituratus, Stal, Hem. Fab. i, 31, 1. 
