RHYPAROCHROMID^. 185 



Abdomen above, base and sides yellowisb ; Connexivum piceous on 

 the edge ; underside with fine whitish pubescence, fulvous at the 

 apex. 



Length, If — 1^ line. 



Common iu hedges, under leaves, and at the roots of grass in dry- 

 places, from April to September. 



JVote. — As a rule, the membrane of the elytra, and the wings are 

 only rudimentary ; in such cases* the pronotum is subquadrangular, 

 being but little widened posteriorly, and the scutellum is small. 



Species 3. — Scolopostethus aefinis. 



Head finely punctured. AnteiincB finely pubescent, the extreme 

 base (sometimes also the apex) of the 1st joint, and the basal -ith or 

 i of the 2nd, fulvous. Eyes piceous or brown. Ocelli black. Bos- 

 j(n»M piceous, the 1st joint darker. 



Thorax. — 'Pronotum wider in front than the head across the 

 eyes ; anterior margin usually narrowly fulvous ; anterior angles 

 rounded ; lateral margins yellowish, with a brown line on the edge, 

 at the wide part broadly white ; disk, rather more than the anterior 



