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JEyes ppherical, prominent, projecting a little way beyond the 

 anterior margin of the pronotum. Rostrum stout, reaeliing to 

 about the second pair of coxae. 



Thorax : pronotum short, trapeziform, more than one and a half times 

 broader on the posterior margin than long ; anterior margin 

 slightly concave ; posterior margin almost straight across the 

 scutellum, from thence to the hinder angles gently rounded. 

 Scutellum triangula^r, equilateral, with a transverse channel near 

 the base. Elytra longer than the abdomen. Legs moderately 

 long and stout. 



Somewhat allied to the genus PacTiylops, Fieber ; from which the 

 flat, low crown of Plagiotylus, and the shape of the face, when viewed 

 from the side, will be found sufficient to separate it. 



Plagiottlus maculatus, sp. n. (Fieber, M. S.). 



Dull green, clothed with longish semi-erect black hairs ; posterior 



thighs sparingly punctured on the inside, next the apex. Membrane 



with numerous, small, fuscous-black spots. 



Head : crown and face sparingly clotlied with long, almost erect, stout black hairs. 

 AntenncB greenish or greenish-yellow, clothed with black hairs ; 1st joint green, 

 with a few minute black punctures, in which some of the hairs are inserted ; 

 2nd greenish-yellow, apex narrowly black ; 3rd and 4th wanting. Eyes brown, 

 Nostrum pale green, apex black. 



Thorax : pronotum dull green, sparingly clothed with long, black hairs, similar to 

 those on the head ; next the anterior margin, and at a short distance from the 

 centre, are two flat callosities, encircled by a narrow channel, and joined by a 

 fine central one, thus having somewhat the appearance of a pair of spectacles ; 

 disc posteriorly finely crenulate. Scutellum slightly convex, clothed with black 

 hairs. Elytra dull gi-een. Clavus and cerium somewhat thickly clothed with 

 short, semi-depressed, black hairs. Membrane pale fuscous-yellow ; cells 

 yellowish, the entire disc and cell nerves covered with small, fuscous-black 

 spots of irregular size, and placed at irregular intervals. Ziegs dull green or 

 greenish-yellow ; thighs clothed with short, black hairs. Tibice, on the outside, 

 armed with a few longish, spinose, black hairs, each of which is placed in a 

 minute, black puncture ; apex brown. Tarsi brown. Length, 2^ lines. 



Although this insect, to the best of my belief, has never been 

 described by the late Dr. Fieber, to whom I sent it for identification, 

 yet I retain the names he gave it, and by which it would have been 

 known had he lived. There is only a single example, in very bad 

 condition, taken by my friend, the Rev. T. A. Marshall, at Torla, 

 some years ago. 



. Manor Park, Lee, S.E. : 



March, 1874,. 



