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slightly curved, rugose and coloured like the head, second 
and third joints red, finely rugose, the latter darker 
and somewhat prismatic at the apex, apical joint oblong- 
ovate, dark ; pronotum much raised and widened behind, 
punctured and more or less rugose, anterior margin about 
a third as long as the base, sides narrowly pale and rugose 
in front, deeply sinuate, raised and rounded posteriorly 
with a slight indication of a posterior angle, base rounded ; 
scutellum finely rugose ; elytra punctured, each puncture 
with a slight rugosity at its side which bears a short hair; 
connexivum widely dilated, with a pale spot on each seg- 
ment ; disc of the abdomen above yellow, the rest black ; 
beneath ochreous, punctured with black, legs with the 
femora brown, tibize ochreous, spotted with black. 
L. 11-12 mm. 
Folkestone, Scarborough, Charmouth and Tenby, New- 
castle, Douglas and Scott; Sandown, Butler ; Sandwich, 
Cowbridge 8. Wales, Billups ; Ventnor, Champion ; Fal- 
mouth, Dale; Isle of Wight, Blatch. 
SYROMASTES, Luir. 
Of this genus there is, I believe, only one European 
exponent, which may be easily known by its broad form, 
its wide pronotum, which is almost as wide as the abdomen 
in its widest part, and the two convergent spines between 
the antennez ; genital segments as in Hnoplops, but com- 
pletely hidden in the ¢ by the preceding dorsal segment, 
and shorter and of more equal width in the 2; it is 
generally a tolerably common insect in autumn, and occurs 
by sweeping. 
S. marginatus, Lin—Dull brown, finely punctured 
with black. Head with the antenniferous tubercles simple 
externally, but each bearing a spine on their inner margin, 
which converge and almost touch at their apices, face 
