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tal margin of corium strongly and acutely reflexed towards the 

 base, apical margin straight, apical angle narrowly rounded, 

 membrane with few veins. Abdomen much broader than 

 hemelytra, almost the whole counexivum not covered by the 

 hemelytra, the apical angles of the segments subrectangularly 

 prominent, second ventral segment with a broad, flattened 

 tubercle filling the posterior sinus of the metasternum, spira- 

 cula more distant from the lateral margin of the segments 

 than from the apical margin. Tibiae sulcated above. Tarsi 

 two-jointed. 



Phalaecus pustulatus DeG. 



Shining, glabrous, above dark-ferruginous, beneath luteous, base of 

 head and juga (except interior margin) yellow, pronotum with nine- 

 teen yellow spots arranged in three transverse rows, first row with 4, 

 second row with 6, and third row with 9 spots, those of the third row 

 more elongate and irregular, scutellum with 5 elongate basal spots, an 

 irregularly v-shaped median marking, a lateral spot at the middle, and 

 the apex yellow, corium with about 6 larger and several smaller yel- 

 low spots, conexival segments with a large median quadrate yellow spot, 

 a duplicate spot at the base of the fore and middle acetabula, a single 

 spot at the base of the hind acetabula, and spiracula black, ventral seg- 

 ments with an irregularly and diffusely infuscated sublateral transverse 

 patch inside the spiracula, antennae, rostrum and legs luteous, apex of 

 second antennal joint, less than apical half of third joint, more than 

 apical half of fourth joint, and apical half of fifth joint black. Head 

 impunctate, juga transversely wrinkled, antennae shortly pilose. Prono- 

 tum. scuttellum and corium rather sparingly punctured, the yellow 

 spots impunctate. Underside smooth, except prosternum which is finely 

 and sparsely punctured. Legs shortly setose. Length, 5 16 mm., width 

 10 mm. 



DISDERIA n. R. 



Body oblong-obovate. Head immersed to the eyes, one-third 

 broader than its length, scarcely narrower than apex of prono- 

 tum, strongly sinuate before the eyes, rounded at apex, anteo- 

 cular part twice longer than postocular part, juga longer 

 than tylus and narrowly meeting in front of it, ocelli 

 more than twice wider apart from each other than from eyes, 

 buccul?e almost reaching base of head, rovstrum reaching mid- 

 dle coxae, first joint reaching base of head, second joint as 

 long as third and fourth combined, fourth shorter than third. 



