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the cells with black streaks. Stermim ; the margin of each segment 

 ochreous ; Prosternum reticulated; Meso- and JSIetasternum coarsely 

 punctured. Legs; ^/^^y//* granulated, piceous ; apex reddish-yellow ; 

 tibioB and tarsi reddish-yellow ; end of the 2nd joint of the latter, 

 and the claws black. 



Abdomen beneath, black, with distant, short, yellowish pubescence. 



Length, 2 lines. 



In damp places, at the roots of grass, and under leaves. Lee, 

 February and April ; Chislehurst, May ; Brighthampton, Oxou, 

 April (,S'. Stone). 



Genus 2. — Derephysia, Spin. 

 Oval, the upper surface with transparent reticulation. 



Head transverse ; Crown convex, in front with 2 very short, pro- 

 jecting spines ; Face arched, subvertical ; antenniferous processes 

 very short; obtuse. Antennce ; 1st joint short, narrow at the base; 

 2nd i the length of the 1st, obconic ; 3rd very long, filiform, a little 

 thinner than the others ; 4th about iths the length of the 3rd, long- 

 fusiform, the basal i thinnest. Eyes small, not prominent. Bostrum 

 thin, reaching across the 2nd segment of the abdomen, the base in a 

 deep channel, of which the sides are much produced, and finely 

 reticulated. 



Tliorax. — Pronotum rhomboidal ; hood projecting far over the 

 head, very convex, compressed, helmet-formed, with a strong nerve 

 on the middle, and two rows of meshes on each side ; side margins 

 reticulated, thin, much reflexed, very broad, in front projecting, 

 obtusely pointed, inwardly joined to the hood, the edge rounded 

 to behind the hinder angles of the pronotum ; disk broad, finely 

 punctured, transversely convex in the middle, deflected before and 

 behind ; keels 1 or 3, straight, each with a single row of straight, 

 transverse reticulations ; the middle keel much deeper than the 

 side keels, curving from the hood to the apex of the scutellar process. 

 Elytra wide, the sides within the anterior margin slightly sinuate pos- 

 teriorly ; anterior margin broad, regularly rounded, greatly reflexed ; 

 disk ridged, being deeply deflected inwards from the 1st nerve, which 

 is elevated, so that down the centre of the elytra is a wide, deep 

 furrow ; outside the 1st nerve the deflection is nearly vertical ; the 

 meshes large, on the disk each one concave, posteriorly scarcely 



