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ALLOCOTUS (Keb. M.S.), Puton. 



Ann. Soc. Eut. Fr., 5 ser., iv, p. 218 (1874). 



(^ . Slightly elongate, sides almost parallel. 



? . Ovate. 



Head obtusely triangular in front. Croiv7i short. Face almost 

 perpendicular ; central lobe projecting beyond the side lobes. JEi/es 

 large, their outer margin projecting beyond the sides of the pronotum, 

 Antenncd : 1st joint stoutest, projecting for at least half its length 

 before the face ; 2nd slightly clavate, three and a quarter times the 

 length of the 1st ; 3rd almost thi*ee-quarters the length of the 2nd ; 

 4th half the length of the 3rd. Rostrum reaching to the base of the 

 1st abdominal segment. 



Thorax — pronotum short, trapeziform, anterior margin straight ; 

 lateral margins slightly convex, widened posteriorly ; posterior margin 

 straight across the scutellum, then slightly rounded to the hinder 

 angles. Elytra in the ^ longer than the abdomen. Wings without 

 a hook in the cell. Legs moderately long; thighs, 3rd pair stout; 

 tihice : 3rd pair slightly concave a little below the base ; tarsi : 1st joint 

 shortest, 2nd twice the length of the 1st, 3rd about equal to the 2ud. 



Allocotus etjbidus (Ficb. M.S.), Puton. 



Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr., 5 ser., iv, p. 219, pi. vii, fig. 2 (1874). 



Pink or brownish-pink, clothed vdili semi-erect black hairs inter- 

 mixed with decumbent, shining, whitish ones. Elytra with minute 

 red punctures in which the black hairs are set ; cuneus ( (J ) orange- 

 red, clothed with semi-erect black hairs ; membrane of the $ slightly 

 abbreviated. 



S ■ Head after deatli lurid ; in fi'ont obtusely triangular. Crown convex, "with an 

 indistinct transverse channel near the base ; distance betvreen the inner margin 

 of the eyes scarcely bo great as tlic length of the head. Eyes large, pink or 

 brown. AntenncB brownish-yellow. Hostnim yellow ; apical half of the last 

 joint black. 



Thorax — -pronottim pink or brownish-pink ; callosities not prominent, bounded pos- 

 teriorly by a faint transverse channel ; disc flat-convex. Scutellum triangular, 

 almost equilateral, flattish-convcx, and with the usual transverse channel near 

 the base. "Elytra pink or bro-miish-pink clothed with semi-erect black liaii's 

 set in minute red punctures, and intermixed with decumbent, shining, whitish 

 ones ; clavus, after death, frequently somewhat fuscous ; cuneus longish, orange- 

 red, clothed with semi-erect black hairs ; membrane fuscous, iridescent ; cell 



