282 Flemtptera-[Teteroptera. 
inner basal angle brownish white, membrane pale brown, 
legs brownish yellow. 
L. 34 mm. 
Leicester, Marshall ; one specimen ?. 
MECOMMA, Fic. 
(Chlamydatus pars, Saund. Syn.; Sphyracephalus 
pars, D. &§ 8.) 
Distinguishable from Globiceps and any of the preceding 
by the absence of the discal transverse sulcature of the pro- 
notum ; its nearest ally is the following genus Cyrtorrhinus, 
trom which the more vertical face and the dissimilarity of 
the sexes separate it. 
M. ambulans, /al/.—Black, shining, clothed with pale 
hairs, legs pale ochreous, ¢ with the elytra also ochreous. 
Antenne in the ¢ with the second and third joints subequal, 
in the 2 with the second joints subclavate, longer than the 
third, eyes prominent, vertex carinated posteriorly ; pro- 
notum trapezoidal, callosities not prominent; elytra elongate, 
parallel-sided in the ¢, ochreous, their margins, especially 
those of the cuneus, the clavus, and a spot at the outer 
apical angle of the corium darker, membrane with the ner- 
vures brownish. elytra widened posteriorly, black, mem- 
brane with the cell-nerves and cells dark, brach. ¢ with 
their apices rounded, not covering half the shining black 
abdomen, tibize with very fine spines. 
L. 45 mm. ¢;4 mm. ? macr.; 3 mm. ? brach. 
By sweeping amongst rushes, etc., in damp places ; gene- 
rally distributed ; macr. 2 very rare, 
CYRTORRHINUS, fi’. 
(Chlamydatus pars, Saund. Syn.; Sphyracephalus 
pars, D. 5 8.) 
Differs from the preceding genus by the less vertical 
head and the similarity of the males and females, other- 
