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margin ; sutural portion of the elytra depressed ; outer 

 margin reflexed, with two rows of meshes at the base of the 

 elytra, one row in the middle, then two, three, and two rows 

 beyond. 



Thighs pitchy, except the tips, which ai'e broadly ferrugi- 

 nous ; tthlce ferruginous 5 tarsi pitchy. 



Underside black. 



Leno;th \"' . 



We have seen only two British specimens, without any 

 note of the locality of their capture. Dr. Fieber has seen 

 one of these specimens, and returned it as a species un- 

 known to him, with the name O. concinna, Mss. 



The figure given of this insect is too narrow. It ought to 

 be more oval^ and the spots on the elytra more distinct. 



Genus Trapezonotus, Fieber. 



T. distincfiis, Douglas and Scott. 

 (Fig. No. 4). 



Longo-ovatus, fusco-lutescenti, nigro-punctatus. 



Capite nigro luteo-piloso. Antemiis nigris, articulo 

 te.riio annulo lato rufo. Proiioto nigro luteo-piloso, 

 punctis nigris, postice laete lutescenti. Scutello nigro, 

 punctis duobus luteis. Elytrorum, clavo lutescenti 

 punctis nigris ; corio lutescenti punctis nigris sagpe con- 

 fl^uentibus; memhrand fumata, juxta corium (puncto 

 nigro excepto) alba, ad angulum internum in magna et 

 ad angulum externum in parva plaga extensa; venis 

 lutescentibus maculis tribus angulatis nigris interpositis. 

 Femorihus nigris basi et apice rufis, tibiis rufis, tarsis 

 rufescentibus, articulo ultimo nigro. 



Long — oval. Head short, pointed, black, with yellowish 

 pile; rostrum black; eyes black, ocelU red ; antennae black, 

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