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Loiij,'. U'i mm., elvtr. 7, lat. 3J. 



Resemliles J/, liuo/iicitg ("hand., bnt is smaller, the jH'othorax narrower, less 

 attenuated behind, and marginate from the anterior angles only to the groove at the 

 front margin. The elyU'a are puuctate-striate, with the two first stripes nearly 

 obsolete jn front of the apex ; the third stripe also faint, and the seventh slightly 

 impressed. 



IlaO. Tenimber (W. Doherly). 



Stomonaxus minor >-p. nov. 



St. niger, nitidus ; aniennis pedibusipic rufo-testaceis, i)alpis pallidioriluis. 

 Frous utrinqne sulcata, sulcis brevibus ; protliorax lateribus anguste marginatis, 

 subrotundatis, angulis auticis subrotundatis, j)Ostic,is obliqnis minute dentatis ; linea 

 mediana anticc non, ])ostice minute dilatata ; sulcis disci jirofnndis, medium ])ro- 

 thorucis non attingentibus ; sulcis margiualibus fere nullis. Elytra latitudine 

 mnlto longiora, hnmoris apiceqne rotundatis, lateribus subparalli'lis ; fortiter 

 pimctato-striata, iuterstitiis subconvexis. Tibiae anticae extus bidenticulatae ; 

 articnli tarsorum anticorum marts j)arnni liiangulariter dilatati; abdominis 

 segmenta basaliter et lateraliter punctata. 



Long. 4^ mm., elytr. 3^, lat. 2. 



Upper lip broader tlian long, dark pitch} brown : frontal grooves nf the head 

 rather short, not extending beyond the middle of the eyes. Prothorax more 

 rounded in front than behind ; median groove narrow, scarcely dilated jwstpriorly, 

 becoming obsolete in front, the discal grooves much broader than the central one, 

 but relatively narrow and short, not reaching the middle of the disc ; outer margin 

 slightly flattened, with the usual sulcus very narrow and feeble. I'rostcrnum with 

 some [junctures in front of the coxal cavities. 



Hal). Suniiiawa (W. Doherty). 



Stomonaxus abruptus sp. nov. 



St. niger, nitidus : ore, autennis ])edibus(juc ruf'u-testaccis, 2)alpis jiallidionbus. 

 Labrum subemarginatum. Sulci frontalcs breves, profundi, oculorum medium paulo 

 snperantes, postice divergentes. Prothorax latus, lateribus antice valde rotundatis, 

 postice obliquis, ante angulos posticos minute sinuatis, augulis anticis prominulis 

 rotundatis, posticis obliipiis leviter dcutatis, sulco mediano profundo, antice abrupto, 

 snlcis intermediis profundis, fere usque ad disci m(!dium asceudentibus. Elytra 

 oblonga, basi truncata ; humeris prominulis rotundatis ; lateribus fere parallelis ; 

 postice subito rotundata ; disco usipie ante apicem subconvexo, dein subito declivi ; 

 profunde striata, striis obsolete punctatis, iuterstitiis convexis. Tibiae anticae extus 

 ante apicem bidenticulatae ; (S ) tarsorum anticorum articnli triangularitcr dilatati • 

 prosternnm ante coxas paucis punctis instruct uni. 



Long. 5^ mm., elytr. 3, lat. 2. 



This species may be easily recognised by the peculiar shajjc of the elytra, 

 which appear to be ablireviated, being abrujitly rounded and shelving ofl' at the 

 apex. 



/M. Tenimber (W. Doherty, June to July lV''.)2). 



