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yellow ; $ , beneath yellow or fuscous-yellow ; last'gcnital segment of the S 

 black, posterior margin broadly yellow, external processes yellowish or pale 

 broMniish-yellow. Length, <? , I5 ; ? , 2 lines. 



Very closely allied to the next species, but it is smaller, and of a 

 more dingy character, having besides five spots ou the face, whereas 

 P. distinctus has only four. 



A somewhat common species, and taken by Mr, Douglas and 

 myself at Deal on the dwarf sallow, in July. 



Species 6. — Pediopsis distinctus, sp. n. 



Yellowish, testaceous, or pale brownish-yellow. Face with four black 

 spots placed two next the crown, remote, small, round, and two 

 adjoining the base of the clypeus, rhomboidal, large, approxi- 

 mating (sometimes the margin of the ocelli black). ScutelJum 

 yellow, with a triangular black spot next the basal angles ; a 

 longitudinal, brown, central line divided by a very fine yellow 

 line, and a spot of the same colour beyond the transverse channel. 

 Clavus — inner marginal nerve pale yellow. Corium — along the 

 inside of the anterior marginal nerve brown ; posterior marginal 

 nerve, from the apex of the clavus, dark brown. 



Head yellow ; crown sometimes dusky. Face yellow, next the crown sometimes 

 inclined to dusky, with four black spots placed two next the crown, remote, 

 and two adjoining the base of the clypeus, the former small and round, the 

 latter large, rhomboidal ; the recess, in which is placed the antenna;, black. 

 AnienncB and setce yellow, apex of the latter brownish. 



Thorax : pronotum yellowish, between the crenulation pale fuscous ; behind each 

 eye a large, transversely placed, black unpunctured spot, exterior to which is a 

 minute round one of the same coloiU' ; posterior margin nari'owly pale. Scu- 

 teJliim yellow, with a black, triangular spot next the basal angles ; down the 

 middle a brown line, divided by a very fine, yellow, central line, extends from 

 the base to the transverse channel, beyond which is a brown spot ; apex yellow. 

 Ulytra yellowish, testaceous, or pale brownish-yellow ; nerves paler than the 

 disc. Clavus, at the base, next the suture, with a short, brovra streak, best 

 visible when the elytra are opened ; inner marginal nerve pale yellow. Corium, 

 along the inside of the 'anterior marginal nerve, brown ; posterior marginal 

 nerve, from the apex of the clavus, dark brown ; disc sometimes with a few 

 small, pale brownish spots, placed very irregularly. Sternum yellow ; meso- 

 sternum, on the sides, black, with a yellow margin ; metastermmi yellow or 

 with a faint brownish tinge, outer angle with a black spot. Legs yellow ; 

 thighs — apex of the 1st and 2nd pairs, on the inside, brownish, 3rd with a 

 small brown spot at the apex, on the upper margin ; tihicB yellow, all the pairs 

 with the usual black spot at the base exteriorly, most distinct on the 3rd pair, 

 which have also a black line down the middle of the inside ; spines pale j 

 tarsi yellow ; claws brown. 



