GLOBICEPID^. 365 



black ; 2nd black ; 3rd and 4th brownish-yellow. Eijes black. Ros- 

 trum brownish -yellow ; 1st joint generally pitchy black ; tip black. 



Thorax. — 'Pronotum ; callosities somewhat prominent, anterior 

 margin between the latter with a somewhat indistinct, transverse 

 keel ; sides slightly concave ; hinder angles not raised nor reflexed ; 

 posterior margin straight, very slightly rounded towards and at 

 the hinder angles ; disk convex, flattened in the middle towards and 

 at the transverse channel, and finely wrinkled transversely. Elytra : 

 Coriiim; anterior margin narrowly pale brownish-yellow, apex more 

 or less brownish ; base for a short distance black ; disk with a large, 

 pale-yellowish white, triangular patch ; base narrowly black, apex 

 with a broad, irregular, piceous band (broadest next the claval 

 suture), gradually becoming paler as it approaches the inner margin, 

 which latter is shaded off into the pale triangular patch ; Cuneus 

 broadly pale yellowish- white at the base ; Membrane blackish, 

 iridescent ; between the apex of the cuneus and the inner cell-nerve 

 a white, triangular patch ; inner marginal and cell-nerves pitchy 

 brown, apex of the latter and the inner cell white. Legs pale- 

 reddish or pitchy brown ; thiglis of the 3rd pair narrowly paler at the 

 apex ; tihiiT pale brownish-yellow, with a few short, fine, erect, pale 

 hairs ; 1st and 2ud pairs palest ; tarsi brown, 3rd joint and claws 

 black. 



Length, 2i~2i lines. 



rieber, in the 'Europ. Hem.,' 2S4-5, says of the $ : "Callosi- 

 ties more prominent, the elytra undeveloped, and witliout a mem- 

 brane, the corium rounded at the apex, the band outwardly rust- 

 reddish, and with the black clavus almost forming a cross." 



The foregoing description of the ^ is made from a single example 

 taken on Dartford Brent, by sweeping amongst grass, flowers, &c., 

 on 2nd August, 1863. It was forwarded to Dr. Fieber for deter- 

 mination, and was returned by him as this insect. The ? we have 

 not met with, but we have given above the characters laid down 

 by hira. 



It is very closely allied to G. selectus, and can only be separated 

 from that species by its smaller size and the less prominent callosi- 

 ties on the pronotum , Are they distinct ? 



