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i. Allodorus, Forst. 

 Forst., Verb. pr. RheinL, 1862, p. 242. 



Head broadly transverse, vertex short ; maudibles bifid. Pro- 

 thorax distmct ; metathorax with a tooth on each side. Abdomen 

 longer and less convex than in Sigaljjhivs, rimulose, not shining ; 

 carapace triarticulate, segment 1 longer than broad, somewhat 

 narrowed anteriorly, bicarinated ; segment 2 broadest, longer than 

 3 ; segments 4 — 5 very briefly exserted. Radial areolet longer 

 than in Sigalphits, almost reaching the apex of the wing; cubitus 

 and anal nerviire distinct ; axillary areolet with an additional 

 inchoate transverse nervure near the middle. Terebra elongate. 



This genus has never been described before, and I 

 possess only one (? specimen from which to derive 

 characters. Allodorus semirugosiis, Nees, is given in the 

 Catalogue, p. 101, but appears to me now too dubious to 

 be retained as a British insect. SigalpJms ghjptiirus, 

 Thorns., Opusc. Ent., vi., 1874, p. 559, apparently 

 belongs to this genus. 



1. Allodorus lepidus, Hal. (PL IV., fig. 4). 



Triaspis lepidus, Hal., Ent. Mag., iii., 125, S ? . 



Allodorus pallidus, Reinh., MS. in litt., 3". 



Black, antennae at the base beneath, mouth, palpi, and legs, 

 testaceous; hind tibiie and tarsi fuscescent; abdomen obovate, 

 rimulose. The 3' has the vertex, stemmaticum, and occiput, black ; 

 the rest of the head, the prothorax, and the mesopleurae anteriorly, 

 testaceous. Terebra $ as long as the abdomen. Length, 1^ — 2^ ; 

 wings, 3f — 5 Im. 



Head wider than the thorax, flattened in front and behind, 

 vertex transversely convex, mandibles concealed under the clypeus. 

 Antennae 2 shorter than the body, 29-jointed, pubescent, convo- 

 luted at the apex, the exterior joints very short, pateriform ; those 

 of the (? longer than the body, slender, 30 — 31-jointed (30-jointed 

 in my specimen) ; thorax 3 more attenuated at both ends than 

 that of the $ , metathorax rugiilose, with a smooth basal space ; 

 abdomen longer, obovate, thickly and irregularly striolated, not 

 shining, subpiceous in the middle ; beneath carinated, hardly con- 

 cave, testaceous ; 1st segment twice as broad at the apex as at the 

 base, with two carina; converging towards, but not reaching, the 

 apex ; 2d segment broadest, as long as the 1st ; 3d shorter, less 

 rugulose ; protruding apex of the 4th smooth and shining ; 5th 

 invisible. Coxae and trochanters pallid; hind coxa? long and stout. 



