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6. Teiphleps teisticoloe, 11. sp. 



Niger, nitidjis ; antennis (artictdo 1° exceptoj, emlolii 2/3 basali, corio (basi 

 ima excepta),femoribiis anticis et intermecUis ad apicem, tihiis anticis et intennediis, 

 tib lis post ids ad basin, necnon dimidio basali tarsornm testaceo-albidis. Pronoto 

 mnrgine postico late sinuato, longitudine media duplo longiore, apice truncato longi- 

 tudine media nonnihil hreviore, lateribus marginatis ad apicem subfortiter rotundatis, 

 inde basin versus sensim rotundatis, disco in medio distincte impresso, postice rude^ 

 punctata; scutello dimidio apiicali depresso, suhtiliter ruguloso ; membrana albido- 

 hyalina. Clavi margine exteriore, macula albido-testacea ante apicem interdum 

 signato. Long. If mm. 



California. Two examples. 



Allied to T. lepidus, Eeut., and T. rugicolUs, Eeut., but distin- 

 guished by tbe coloration, and by the shape of the pronotum. 



7. Teiphleps Reedi, n. sp. 



Niger subnitidtis ; capite apice j^iceo-brunneo ; antennis articiilis 1" 2'>qtce 

 brunneo-luteo-testaceis, 3o ipqiie piceo-brtmneis ; jjedibus luteo-testaceis, yemoribus 

 sub-infuscatis ; elytris lideo-testaceis, clavo, emboUo apicem versus ciineoque plus 

 minus briinneis ; membrana pallido-fuliginea. Capite brevi cum oculis longitudine 

 latiore ; antennis subcrassis ; pronoto disco rude pimctato transverse impresso, late- 

 ribus marginatis, ad apicem rotundatis, inde subrectis, margine postico sinuato, longi- 

 tudine medio duplo longiore ; scutello transverse rugoso, dimidio a^ncali depresso. 



Long. 2 mm. 



Chili. Two specimens taken by Mr. Edwyn C. Reed, to whom I 

 dedicate the species, in testimony of his labours at the Chilian fauna. 



In general foi*m and appearance resembling T. minutus, L., from 

 which the shape of the head and stouter antennae at once separate it. 



Two species of Chilian Seviiptera — Xylocoris hrevicollis, Blanch., 

 and Antliocoris parvulus, Blanch., are described as also resembling T. 

 minutus, but with the short descriptions of neither of these two 

 species do my specimens tally. 



Fiezostetliusformicetorum, Boh. — I have French specimens of this 

 North European species labelled ^'' Formica pratensis, Cernay, Nov., 74." 

 If, therefore, this species occurs in Fi-ance, it might be worth while to 

 look for it in the nests of Formica ruf'a in the South of England. In 

 my experience, it usually dwells deep down in the nest. 



8. ACOMPOCOEIS ALIENUS, U. Sp. 

 Niger, pubescentia aurea vestitus ; elytris Jlavido-brunneis, clavo, embolii mar- 

 ginibus, corii disco margineque apicali, et cuneo apicem versus obscurioribus ; embolio 

 ad apicem macula dilutiore notafo ; membrane iiallidefusca ad basin venasque albida ; 

 pedibus testaceo-brunneis ; antennis nigro-brunneiS) articulo folate luteo-brunneo 

 annulato, articulis 3o 4:0que sub-cequilongis. Long. 3i mm. 



