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Thorax. — Pronotum, lateral margins whitish. Elytra : Corium ; 

 anterior margin at the base narrowly whitish ; Membrane brown, 

 shining. Sternmn ochreous, sparingly black-punctured ; Mesosternum 

 in the centre, black. Legs ochreous ; thighs with large, confluent 

 black spots, more distinctly marked beneath ; tihice finely haired, a 

 row of small black spots beneath, the extremity piceous ; tarsi 

 piceous, 1st joint at the base ochreous. 



Abdomen above, in the centre, yellow, the sides black ; Connexivum 

 black, with a small yellow spot close to the outer margin of each 

 segment, larger on the 6th. Underside ochreous, very finely 

 punctured, both concolorously and black, with a row of small 

 black spots on the anterior and posterior margins of each segment, 

 and two large black spots on each side of the centre of the 2nd and 

 3rd segments ; the sides of the abdomen and the whole of the con- 

 nexivum more or less fuscous by reason of the close black punc- 

 tures. Stigmata small, yellow, with a black centre. 



Length, 5 — 6 lines. 



Local. Folkestone ; Scarborough, on Ononis, &c. {T. WiUcinson) ; 

 from July to September ; Charmouth and Tenby {Dale) ; Nev/castle- 

 ou-Tyne (Hancock'). 



Genus 3. — Gonocerus, Lafr. 



Elongate, elliptic, a little widened posteriorly. 



Head. — Crown elongate, quadrangular, a little deflected, rather 

 convex, with a central depressed line, the end produced into two 

 short, broad lobes, of which the oiiter angles are oblique and without 

 spines ; Face small, triangular, deflected more than the crown, the 

 central lobe longest, raised, narrow, and pointed, its base between 

 the terminal lobes of the crown, with a depression on each side. 

 Anfennce ; tubercle very small and flat, inserted at the end of the 

 crown on the outer side ; 1st joint stout, trigonate, long, curved 

 outwards, the base narrower, not petiolated ; 2nd and 3rd trigo- 

 nate, narrower than the 1st ; 2nd much longer than the 1st and 

 a little longer than the 3rd; 4th fusiform, shorter than the 1st. 

 Eyes large, rounded, prominent, inserted rather below the middle of 

 the sides of the head. Ocelli small, prominent, equally distant 

 from the eyes and each other. Rostrum reaching the 8rd pair of 



