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Head finely and closely punctured, almost granulosa. AntenncB 

 pitcliy-black. Eyes piceous. 



Thorax. — Proiiotum very narrow in front ; disk closely and 

 strongly punctured, the punctures on the second -| larger and 

 sharper than in front ; side margins in the middle yellowish, with a 

 brown line on the edge ; the callus, and sometimes the posterior 

 margin, piceous. Scutellimi closely punctured, strongest on the 

 sides. Elytra ; Clavus ochreous or piceous, with 4 rows of strong, 

 brown punctures ; the middle nerve strong, curved inwards ; Corium, 

 anterior margin ochreous, with a brown line on the edge ; base 

 ochreous, with brown punctures, not so large as those on the clavus, 

 the posterior -i with still finer black punctures, or the middle 

 piceous, outwardly with a more or less distinct ochreous spot, and in 

 the centre a narrow ochreous line jutting down from the basal 

 portion : Membrane whitish or light fuscous, hindwardly darker ; the 

 base, especially on the ou.ter half, white, the middle, close to the 

 posterior margin of the corium, piceous ; nerves brown or piceous. 

 Stermmi finely punctured. Legs ; thiyhs black, apex piceous ; tilice 

 piceous, with short, rather projecting, yellowish hairs ; tarsi paler. 



Abdomen with fine yellowish pubescence. 



Length, 1^ line. 



Not scarce in the London district, under leaves, field refuse, and 

 at the roots of grass, all the year round. 



Genus 7. — Peuitrechus, Fied. 



Elliptic. 



Head short, 5-sided, convex r Face deflected in a curve ; central 

 lobe prominent, longer than the side lobes ; antenniferoiis processes 

 very short, inserted far below the eyes. Aatennce short ; 1st joint 

 short, stout, narrow at the base, about \ its length reaching beyond 

 the end of the face ; 2nd and 3rd slightly thicker at the apex : 2nd 

 twice as long as the 1st, 3rd not so long as the 2nd ; 4th fusiform, 

 longer than the 3rd, but not so long as the 2ud. Eyes rather promi- 

 nent, projecting a little beyond the anterior margin of the pronotum. 

 Ocelli small, distant. Eostrum reaching across the metasternum. 



Thorax. — Pronotum trapeziform ; anterior margin shorter than 

 the width of the head across the eyes ; disk more convex in front 

 than behind, depressed across the middle, so that the lateral mar- 



