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8. Stephus pukctulatus, sp. n. 



$ ? . Oculis sub-hirtulis, epistomate Jlavo, linea media nigra, genis nigrescentihus, 

 fronts cBneo-nigra, tomentosa ; antennis nigrescentihus, articulo tertio subtiis hasi 

 luteo ; thorace eeneo, nitidulo, punctato, sciitello Jlavido, pilis omnibus nigris ; abdo- 

 mine lineari, maculis transversis semi-circularihus luteis ; pedibus nigrescentibus, 

 genubus anterioribus ("scBpissime tibiis totis, femorumque dimidio apicaUJ luteis ; alis 

 suh-hyalinis, stigmate cinereo. Long. 4\ — 4-f lin. 



S ■ Very closely allied to S. lasiophthalmus, Zett., but the eyes are slightly less 

 hairy, the epistoma is always covered with yellow tomentum, except on the well- 

 defined, rather shortened middle line, the middle knob seems rather more defined, 

 the cheeks are darker and apparently more descending, the long black hairs on the 

 occiput curred forward OTcr the eyes are more numerous, and on the vertex nearly 

 all the hairs are black ; the antennse have the thii'd joint luteous at the base beneath, 

 and also rather more pointed and angtdated ; the frons is more covei'ed with tomen- 

 tum; the thorax is not quite so shining, the punctuation being larger and coarser, 

 the pubescence is all luteous, and not quite so abundant and rather shorter ; the 

 scutellum is yellower, its pubescence less abundant, shorter, and all black. The abdo- 

 domen is less pubescent ; the first pair of spots is larger and more triangular, running 

 almost lip the edge towards the basal corners ; the spots on the third and foiu'th 

 segments show a similar tendency, and are almost semi-circular, their iipper-side 

 being straight, with the hinder angles rounded off, and they run quite up to the 

 basal corners of the segments ; as these spots curve off so much before reaching the 

 edge, the yellow hairs standing out from the edge at the basal corners of the segments 

 are much fewer than in S. lasiopMhalmus, since they follow the groiind colour. Tlie 

 anterior legs are generally yellow, with only the basal half of the femora and the 

 tarsi black, and the hind legs black, with the knees and base of tibise luteous, but 

 they vary up to being almost as black as in S. lasiopMhalmus. 



? . Differs from S. lasiopMhalmus like the male, in the antennse, epistoma, 

 cheeks, pubescence, punctuation of thorax, &c., and on the scutellum the pubescence 

 is entirely black, while in S. lasiophfhalmus it is usually entirely yellow ; in many 

 of the specimens I possess, instead of the usual coppery longitudinal lines on the 

 thorax, there appears a most peculiar coppery filagree work on the disc, arising, I 

 presume, from the drying of the internal juices ; the abdominal spots curve upwards 

 considerably as they approach the edge, the second and third pairs being more 

 rounded behind, and nearer the fore-margin. 



Tliis species has hitherto been confounded with S. Jasioplttliahnus, 

 from which I consider it perfectly distinct ; I have captured it in 

 abundance near Shirley Common in May, and have also taken it at the 

 Plashett Wood, near Lewes, at Boxhill and here (Denmark Hill). 



9. Sthphus compositaetjm, sp. n. 



$ $. Oculis nudis ; epistomate flavido-albo,peristomate lineaque media nigris ; 

 antennis nigrescentibus ; fronte Jlavido-pollinosa, macula super antennas nigricante ; 

 thorace sub-nitente ( $),aut ccBrulescenti-aineo nitldo ( $ ), scutelloflavo, nigro-piloso ; 

 abdomine lineari, maculis bis tribus transversis, linearibus, sub-quadrangulis, strami- 

 neis ; pedibus nigrescentibus, gen icul is anterioribus testaceis ; alis sub-vitreis, stig- 

 mate palHdo. Long. 4:\ — 5 lin. 



