SAMPSIGERAMUS. 



2s: 



margins oF the pronotum ; antennae moderately slender, first joint 

 shorter than head, second about three times as long as first, tliird 

 shorter than second, but considerably longer than fourth ; rostrum 

 distinctly passing the posterior coxi3e ; pronotum at base more 

 than twice as broad as long and about half as broad again as 

 anterior margin, deflected on anterior half, very obscurely trans- 

 versely callose on anterior area, anterior and posterior margins 

 truncate, lateral margins a little roundly oblique, the posterior 

 angles obtusely rounded; seutellum subtriangular ; corium (ex- 

 cluding cuueus) about as long as posterior tibia}, including 

 clavus twice as long as broad ; cuneus about as broad at base 

 as outwardly long; membrane considerably passing abdominal 

 apex, its greatest length as long as interuiediate tibiae; head, 

 pronotum, seutellum, corium, and cuneus densely pilose ; 

 legs spinulose, the tibiae more thickly and strongly so, the 

 femora, especially the posterior, distinctly thickened ; posterior 

 tarsi with the basal joint longest. 



The position of this genus is near the Palsearctic PlaqioUiJus. 

 Scott. -^ 



3063. Sampsigeramus pilosulus, Dhf. A. M. N. H. (8) v, p. 18 



(1910). 



Head obscure dull ochraceous, thickly pilose ; antennae 

 piceous black, the second joint centrally broadly annulated 

 with dull ochraceous, eyes black; pronotum thickly strougly 

 pilose and darkly granulose, dull ochraceous, tlie disk more 

 or less discoloured and darker in hue ; seutellum somewhat 



158. — Saiiipsiyera luus pilosulus. 



palely piceous, thickly strongly pilose and darkly granulose; 

 corium somewhat palely piceous, the costal area and cuneus 

 pale ochraceous, strongly, tliickly, darkly pilose; membrane very 

 pale fuliginous with paler mottlings, especially at the apices 

 of the cells ; body beneath black, finely pilose; legs ochraceous. 



