140 COREINA. 



finely, confluently punctured. Elytra; Claims and corium, except 

 the nerves, glassy, ti'ansparent ; Membrane transparent, iridescent. 

 Wings transparent, iridescent. Legs delicately haired ; the apex of 

 the hinder tihi(B on the inner side, all the tarsi beneath, and the 

 claws, black. 



Abdomen above with a gradually narrower line at the sides, black 

 to the end of the 4th segment, brown on the 5th ; Connexiviim 

 unicolorous, ochreous. Underside ochreous, with faint longitudinal 

 reddish lines, stronger at the sides. 



Length, 6 — 6| lines. 



Deal, on long grasses, August ; Great Yarmouth (Dale.) 



Family 4.— STENOCEPHALIDyE. 



Genus 1. — Stenocephalus, Lair. 

 Long, narrow, elliptic, covered with fine short hairs. 



Head. — Crown long, narrow, horizontal, convex ; the antenniferous 

 processes short, obtuse, not projecting laterally ; Face triangular, 

 short; central lobe very short, encompassed by the side lobes, of 

 which the points are often separated. Antennce long, finely haired ; 

 tubercle small, almost hidden ; 1st joint thick, a little curved 

 outwards, base small, apex obtuse ; 2nd, 3rd, and 4th of about 

 equal thickness, the 2nd 3 times as long as the 1st, the 3rd h the 

 length of the 2nd, the 4th nearly as long as the 2nd. JSi/es placed 

 at about the middle of the sides of the head, moderate, convex, pro- 

 minent. Ocelli very small, nearer to each other than to the eyes. 

 Sostrnm reaching the 2nd pair of coxae, slender, the 2nd joint long- 

 est ; base in a very short raised channel. 



Thorax. — Pronotum slightly convex, trapeziform, narrow in front; 

 hinder angles obtuse, raised ; posterior margin a little rounded, with 

 a deep depression within each hinder angle. Scutellnm large, flat, 

 triangular, the apex pointed. Eltjtra longer than the abdomen ; 

 Corium flat, the nerves fine ; posterior margin nearly straight ; 

 Membrane hindwardly deflected ; the nerves, except at the inner 

 basal angle, mostly straight, and not arising from the base, which, in 

 the centre, has a broad clear space. 



Abdomen elliptic ; above, flat ; last segment posteriorly in (^ 

 roundly, in ? deeply and angularly, cut out ; Connexivum broad, 



