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middle of the lower half of the eyes. Face, central lobe stoutish, 

 convex, slightly produced beyond the clypeus ; side lobes narrow, 

 gently rounded outwardly. Antennce longer than the body ; 1st 

 joint cylindrical, as long as the head, f of its length reaching 

 beyond the face; 2nd about 2| times as long as the 1st, very 

 slightly thickened towards the apex ; 3rd and 4th filiform, sub- 

 equal, together longer than the 2nd. Eyes large, prominent, 

 viewed from above sub-globose, from the side oval ; their outer 

 margins almost in a line with the hinder angles of the pronotum. 

 Rostrum slender, reaching to the 2nd abdominal segment; 1st 

 joint reaching to the middle of the xyphus of the prosternum. 

 Thorax — Pronotum short, somewhat campanulate; anterior margin 

 straight, angles rounded, sides concave ; hinder angles somewhat 

 acute and slightly raised ; posterior margin slightly concave across 

 the scutellum ; disc with two flat callosities in front, between the 

 latter and the posterior margin longitudinally straight. Scutellum 

 ti-iangular, equilateral, flattish convex, level with the clavus. 

 Elytra scarcely as long as the abdomen, horizontal as far as the 

 junction with the cuneus and membrane, which are slightly 

 deflected. Clavus convex, deflected to the corium. Gorium, 

 between the claval suture and the first nerve flat, from thence to 

 the anterior margin convex. Cuneus small, triangular. Sternum — 

 Prosternum, xyphus triangular, convex. Mesosternum somewhat 

 flat, hindwardly broad, convex on the sides ; posterior margin 

 above almost straight, notched in the middle. Metasternum obtuse 

 angled, broad, prominent. Legs — 1st and 3rd joints of the 3rd 

 pair of Tarsi of almost equal length ; 2nd shortest. 



Species 1. — Tttthus insignis, Douglas and Scott. 

 Yellowish-grey, delicately clothed with fine, short, depressed, 

 yellowish haira. 



Head — Black, shining. Crown with a greyish-white 

 spot adjoining each eye. Antennce black ; 1st 

 joint at the apex broadly pale yellow ; 2ud at 

 the apex very narrowly whitish. Bostrum yel- 

 lowish, tip piceous. 

 Thorax — Pronotum pale yellowish ; callosities yellow ; 

 hinder angles black, sometimes the entire disk 

 from behind the callosities is dark grey. Scu- 

 tellum yellow or dark grey, the hinder portion 

 finely wrinkled transversely. E lytra diaphanous, 

 entirely yellowish-grey. Membrane pale, iri- 

 Tutthu4insmu.v.-^nds. descent J cell nerves yellow. Sternum pitchy- 



