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the antennae, Bides of the head and sternum and outside of the coxje, 

 and thighs of the anterior legs, black ; basal half of the head and the 

 entire thorax with a fine, red, central line. 



Head palo ochreous or j cllowisli, very finely and sparingly granulated ; basal half 

 with a fine, red, central line ; sides ■with a broad black streak, interrupted by 

 the eyes. Antennce brownish-yellow, autenniferous processes fuscous or black ; 

 1st joint — before the whitish apex a naiTOw fuscous or black ring ; 2nd, at the 

 base, narrowly, apex more bx-oadly, and 3rd and -Ith black. Tlyes fuscous, 

 glassy. Rostrum pale, mside dark brown, apical joint bi'own. 



Thorax pale ochreous or yellowish, with a fine, red, central line throughout its 

 entire length j anterior angles and lateral margins black, very finely granulated. 

 Sternum, on the sides, black. Legs testaceous or yellowish: Coxce — 1st pair, 

 on the outside apical half, black ; 2nd and 3rd pairs black, above brown. 

 ThigTis — 1st pair, on the outside, broadly but irregulary black ; upper margin 

 with three oblong, piceous, or black spots, underneath, next the apex, with a 

 transverse black half ring ; 2nd and 3rd, at the base, narrowly fuscous-black, 

 apex with a broad fuscous ring, and another of the same colour about its own 

 width from the latter. Tihice. — 1st pair, from the base to a little before the 

 middle, on the outside, with a black streak enlarged into a spot at its termi- 

 nation, apex black ; 2nd and 3rd pairs, at the base, a broad ring near to the 

 latter, and apex fuscous. Tarsi — 1st pair pale ; upper margin, in the middle, 

 with a short brownish streak ; 2nd and 3rd fuscous or black. 



Abdomen above, sordid brownish-yellow, with a fine red line down the centre, and 

 another on either side ; last segment above, somewhat duckbill-shaped ; beneath 

 fuscous-black. Connexivum fuscous-black. Length, 7j lines. 



This insect forms a fine addition to our European fauna ; as, 

 hitherto, the genus has been without a representative. The known 

 species are of limited number, but have a wide range of distribution. 

 I expect they are of retired habits, living for the most part on the 

 ground, and thus escaping capture, as a rule, by the sweeping net. 



Four specimens were taken by the Eev. T. A. Marshall in July, 

 near Sartene, in Corsica, " amongst rank grass, aniseed, Absinthium, 

 " &c., dried up by the sun." 



Genus EMESODEMA, Spinola. 

 Emesodeiia Huttoni, sp. n. 



Euscous. Apterous. Pronotum — anterior margin slightly wider 



than the head, and with a narrow collar. Legs : fulcra — 1st pair 



armed with a long spine. Thighs — 1st pair with two dense rows of 



short spines on the under-side, amongst which, at irregular intervals, 



are some five long ones. 



Head fuscous j basal half with a narrow, whitish, central line, and a more or less 

 defined spot of the same colour adjoimng the inner margin of each eye. 

 Antenna dark brown. Rostrum dirty yellowish-white, 2nd joint dark brown. 



