VELiiD^f;. 569 



brown at the end ; fulcra yellow-brown, with a long black spot 

 on the middle, most perceptible on the Isfc pair ; thighs ; tih'uv and 

 tarsi black ; thighs yellow-brown beneath, 1st pair yellow at the 

 base on the inner side, 2nd and 3rd pairs in length subequal ; tihice ; 

 3rd pair and the tarsi together considerably shorter than the tibia; of 

 the 2nd pair. 



Abdomen above dull black, with a fine, obscure, brown middle 

 line ; Connexivum black ; the last 2 segments in the $ , the last -1 

 in the $ , outwardly with a brown-yellow line, widened a little pos- 

 teriorly, the margin brown: underside black in the (^, the middle 

 gray, Avith a fine black keel on the basal segments ; in the $ , the 

 middle with a broad, shallow channel ending on the middle of the 

 Gth segment, in the centre of which is a very fine keel, and on the 

 sides, in certain lights, long glossy spots ; the posterior margin of 

 the Gth segment, in the (^ , concave with a deep, round excision in 

 the middle ; in the ? regularly concave. Genital segments above ; 

 in the ? black, the 1st reaches beyond the short points of the con- 

 nexivum, the sides rounded, the posterior margin straight ; the 2nd 

 short, narrow, obtusely pointed ; beneath, the 1st yellow-brown, 

 with a sharp middle keel, and a deep, triangular depression on tlie 

 sides ; 2nd as above. 



Length, 2^ — 34- lines ; the smallest species. 



Hitherto rare in collections. Taken by Mr. Dale, near Parley 

 Heath, and at AVolmer Pond. 



Pamily 3.— VELIID^. 

 Genus 1. — Yelia, Laf. 

 Stout, long sub-oval, angulated in front. 



Head above 5-sided, at the side somewhat 4-sided ; short, convex, 

 across the eyes broader than the front of the pronotum; Crown 

 prominent, in front curved vertically, and with a slight middle 

 channel ; sides rather concave between the eyes, dilated below and a 

 little beyond them into short, triangular, antenniferous processes ; 

 Face very short, central lobe prominent ; cheek-plates rounded, 

 prominent. AntenncB 5-jointed, stout; 1st joint longest, stoutest, 

 clavate, curved ovitwards; 2nd, 4th, and 5th thin at the base, in 



