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There is nothing to suggest that this species s 

 ever a pest in Palestine. 



56. Dociostaurus genei (Ocsk). 



Nazareth, 3o June; KheJeira, 3i May; Haifa, p. 5 

 June-i/i July; Akka, lO - 3o June; Nehi Samwil, Je- 

 rusalem, h June; Jericho, i3 Oct., i6 May; Tel Arad, 

 21 May; Zorah, near Artuf, 22 May. 



Specimens from Jericho, Tel Arad and Zorah be- 

 long to a small pale form which is found in the 

 Jordan plain on flat hard expanse of clay and it 

 congregates especially in sheltered places where frag- 

 ments of grass, straw, etc. collect. It is possible that 

 it might be separated subspecifically, but the varia- 

 bility of the species in various parts of its area is not 

 yet sufficiently known to justify this action. 



57. Dociostaurus anatolicus (Krauss). 



Nablus, I June; Nazareth ,3o June; Akka, 9 - 3o 

 June; Huleh, 2/1 May; Tulkcram, 12 June; Kakon, 

 II June. Both the typical form and ab. castaneoptcta 

 Kr. 



58.' Dociostaurus cephalotes, Uvarov, sp. n. (fig. 1). 



$ . Allied to D. anatolicus Krauss, but differing 

 from it in smaller size, large head, abbreviated elytra 

 and many other characters. 



Antennae slightly longer than the head and pro- 

 notum together. Head in proportion to the body large 

 and thick, distinctly prominent above the pronotum 

 and thicker than it. Frontal ridge flat, punctured, 



