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a somewhat complex structure. The ensiform lateral 

 processes are partly projected beyond the deeply 

 notched plate ; and between these the saw and the 

 saw-case are partly protruded. The caudal rectal 

 process, also, is seen above these parts, and would 

 appear to be tubular in structure. 



On Mr. Edwards' authority I include Fieber's D. 

 Minki amongst the synonyms. Mr. Edwards believes, 

 from a specimen he has seen, and which was named 

 Minki by Dr. Puton, that it would agree with pascuellus 

 by the allowance only of a slight modification of form 

 in the lower margin of the male pygofer. 



Common in England on damp grasses, from July to 

 September ; and common also at the same season in 

 Finland, Scandinavia, and in France. 



Size, 0*14 inch, or 3'50 millimetres. 



Deltocephalus Linnei, Fieh. Plate XLIX., fig. 4. 



Deltocephalus Linnei, Edw. pt. ii. p. 51. 

 „ I-album, Scott (?). 



Vertex with the sides slightly arcuate. General 

 colour of the insect pale ochreous. Disc of the crown 

 slightly stained with ferruginous -brown, with one central 

 and two diagonal lines. Pronotum shorter than the 

 vertex, with four oblong brownish marks, leaving as 

 many yellowish perpendicular bars between them. 

 Scutellum with the afore-mentioned mask-like marking. 

 Elytra pale brownish yellow, longer than the abdomen, 

 and with brownish nervures. "IS erves milk-white, with 

 the first transverse nerve much thickened." — Edwards. 

 Legs yellow, spotted, and striped. Abdomen black. 

 Hind margin of the last ventral segment sinuous in 

 the female, taking somewhat the form of an ogee arch. 



This insect seems to be rare. My figure is from a 

 specimen taken in July on the sea-shore near Eomney, 

 Kent. It occurs also on the sea-shore at Hastings. 



