GABDENA. 



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pale brownisli ; abdomen beneath with tiie lateral margins irregu- 

 larly pale brownish; ant(!nna3 a little darker in hue, first and 

 seroini joints subequal in length and each about as long as abdo- 

 men ; rostrum with the basal joint ])assing eyes ; pronotuni 

 elongate, about as long as meso- and metanota together, anteriorly 

 roundly dilated, the anterior margin truncate ; abdomen strongly 

 attenuated at base, beyond basal segment gradually ovately 

 widened and again narrowed towards apex ; intermediate and 

 posterior femora a little darker in hue uith theii" apices pale 

 ochraceous ; anterior trochanters with a single strong prominent 

 spine. 



Length 11 millim. 



Hah. Ijueknow (Aiil-en). 



(ienus GARDENA. (Vol. 11, p. 214.) 

 21)54. Gardena fasciata, Dist. A. M. X. 11. (8) iii, p. oOo (HtO!)). 



Head, pronotuin and mesonotura chocolate-brown, pronolum 

 with a broad sublateral greyish fascia on each side, mesonotum 

 W'ith three central greyish fasciae, the central fascia broadest, the 

 lateral fasciae narrower ; hemelytra greyish brown ; head beneath 



Fi". 100. — Gardena /((i'ciata. 



and sternum black, the lattin- greyishly tomentose ; legs greyish 

 brown, coxae (excluding apices) and trochanters shining black : 

 abdomen above and beneath greyish piceous -. antenna? ujutilated 

 in typical specimen ; head about as long as mesonotum, shorter 

 than proiiotum ; hemelytra extending to the base of the penulti- 

 mate abdominal segment ; anterior femora palely annulate near 

 apex, finely spinose beneath from about one-third from base, 

 anterior tarsi three-jointed ; rostrum reaching the base of the 



