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oehreons. Antennw ; the basal processes oclircous at the apex ; 1st 

 joint black, the rest fuscous; all with flue projecting liairs, denser on 

 the 1st and 2nd. Eyes black. OceUl black, surrounded by a light 

 ring, nostrum hairy, piceous, the ends of the joints paler ; Jahnim 

 ochrcous. 



Thorax.— Pronoium with long, erect, distant hairt^, closer at the 

 sides ; anterior portion black, smooth ; posterior portion finely, 

 transversely, crenate. SciUellum with long, erect, black hairs. 

 JElytra ; Coriuvi fuscous or piceous-browu, paler internally; mem- 

 brane-suture with a whitish line; Memlrane rather paler than the 

 corium. Sternum black, with strong hairs, the sides transversely 

 crenate. Leys ; coxcb black ; fulcra piceous, ochreous at the base ; 

 thiyhs black or pitchy black, finely haired ; 1st and 2ud pairs with 

 dense, long, j'ellowish, projecting hairs beneath ; tihice with long 

 brown projecting hairs, piceous, apical i gradually paler or ochreous ; 

 apex piceous, the bent base ochreous ; tarsi ochreous, with fine yel- 

 lowish hairs ; end of the joints, and the claws, brown. 



Abdomen above slightly shining, ochreous in the middle ; beneath 

 black, shining, finely haired. 



Length, 7 — 8 lines. 



Eound occasionally in houses and fowl-houses ; it also flies at night 

 to lights in windows. The larva feeds on Acantlda lectularia and 

 other insects, and covers itself with dust and debris. 



Family 2.— NABlDiE. 



Genus 1. — jMetastemma, Am. et Serv. 

 Long-oval, stout, with long, projecting, distant hairs. 



Head rather long, convex, deflected in a curve, produced close 

 behind the eyes into a short, annular neck; Face; central lobe 

 broad, not very prominent ; cheek plates broad, thickened and pro- 

 jecting at the end ; antenniferous processes close to the eyes, arising 

 at the lower part of the sides of the head and pointing downwards. 

 Antennce hairy, 5-jointed ; 1st joint a little thicker than the other's, 

 and 1 the length of the 3rd ; 2nd very short, obcouic ; 3rd and 4th in 

 length and thickness subequal, 3rd a little stouter towards the apex ; 



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