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hairs ; the reflexed margin of the outer side piceous ; tarsi ; tip of the 

 last joint and the claws black. 



Abdomen above black ; beneath orange red, finely black-punctate, 

 except at the sides and centre; Stigmata black, beneath each a 

 long, depressed, black line ; Comiexivum generally extending beyond 

 the elytra, above alternately broadly black and orange, beneath 

 yellowish. 



Length, 5^ — 6 lines. 



Common in autumn, on trees and bushes. 



Genus 2. — Piezodorus, Fich. 



Elliptic, subconvex. 



Head broad ; Face subtrapeziform, the sides sinuate ; apex without 

 a notch, outer angles rounded; central lobe as long as the side lobes, 

 narrow, slightly defined, a little raised at the base. Antenna; slender ; 

 tubercle very short ; 1st joint half the length of the 2nd ; 2nd 

 and 3rd in length subequal ; 4th and 5th in length subequal, each a 

 little longer than the 2nd. Eyes moderate, not prominent. Ocelli 

 distant. Bostrum reaching to the 2nd pair of coxre, slender ; sides 

 of the rostral channel slightly produced in front. 



TJiorax. — 'Pronotum hexagonal ; anterior margin conca\'e, anterior 

 angles produced, cut off obliquely behind the ej'es ; sides widely 

 divergent, straight, hinder angles rounded, not produced, the disk 

 within them raised ; hinder sides straight, deflected ; posterior margin 

 slightly concave. Scutellum on a level with the pronotum, more 

 than half the length of the abdomen, subtriangular ; base convex ; 

 sides sinuate, constricted beyond the middle ; apex broadly rounded. 

 Elytra : Corium ; anterior and posterior margins slightly rounded ; 

 Membrane with 8 nerves. Stermim : Frost crnum ; on each side a' 

 slight transverse channel ; Mesosternum with a central keel. Legs 

 rather slender ; tibice on the outer side with a shallow longitudinal 

 channel, ybre tibi(e internally, in the middle, with a very small, acute 

 spine ; tarsi, 1st and 3i-d joints subequal, 2nd short. 



Abdomen above subconvex ; Connexivum horizontal, widened pos- 

 teriorly, projecting beyond the elytra. Underside convex, 2nd seg- 

 ment vrith a long, recurved, appressed spine. 



