Cimicide. 209 
? head and pronotum clear testaceous red, shining ; 
antennez dusky, second joint pale, except at the apex; 
pronotum very narrow, scarcely widened behind, transverse 
callosity very strongly marked; scutellum short, shining ; 
elytra very narrow and Hoe testaceous, parallel-sided, 
truncate posteriorly, leaving the abdomen entirely exposed ; 
this latter is round, very convex, shining and black ; legs 
clear testaceous red. 
L. ¢ 24.mm.; ? 14 mm. 
Not rare; on old lichen-covered trees, Reigate, Tun- 
bridge Wells ; Woking, Chobham, Ilfracombe. 
MYRMEDOBIA, Baer. 
(Pseudophleps, D. 5 S.) 
Allied to the preceding in the dissimilarity of the sexes, 
but with the rostrum thicker and shorter, and the apical 
joint of the antennz longer in proportion to the second ; 
the head also in all our species, except inconspicua, is 
distinctly shorter and transverse. There are eight species 
recorded by Dr. Puton as Palearctic, of which we have four. 
(4) 1. Male, pronotum witha distinct apical collar, 
exposed at the sides; female either with the 
elytra covering the abdomen, or with the 
pronotum without transverse impression. 
Larger, head, in the male, from the ocelli to 
the apex about equal to the interval 
between the eyes; temale, elytra covering 
the abdomen . + COLEOPTRATA, 
(2) 8. Smaller, head from the ocelli to the apex 
much longer than the interval between 
the eyes ; female, elytra abbreviated . INCONSPICUA. 
(1) 4. Male, collar of pronotum very narrow, the 
lateral margins bounding it at the sides, 
so that it is enclosed by the anterior 
angles; female, elytra abbreviated, pro- 
notal transverse impression deep. 
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(3) 
(6) 5. Male, anterior angles of pronotum dilated 
and reflexed; temale, lateral margins of 
pronotum reflexed, + TENELLA. 
(5) 6. Male, anterior angles of pronotum not di- 
lated; female, lateral margins of pronotum 
not reflexed : : : : A . DISTINGUENDA, 
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