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614 ^Fr. ]']. Snunders' Synopsis of 



dusky; logs red, antemuv Ijrown. ? briglit red, elongate, 

 the dilated l)ody slilniug hlack ; anteniue dusky toAvards 

 the apex. 



Length, S , 1 line ; ? , ;^ Hnc. 



On trees and old palings; amongst lichens, &c. 



Myrmedobia. 



Pseudoj)hleps, Dougl. & Scott. 



I. $, sides of the tlioiax nearly straight, not ilihitcd 

 anteriorly. 

 $ with the sides of thorax not rcflexcd. 



$, 2nd joint of antenna distinctly longer than ] 



3rd .. .. .. .. .. ' • \ inconsplciia. 



2, elytra rudimentary .. .. .. ..) 



$ , 2nd and 3rd joints of antenna subcqual . . | 



?, elytra covering the body ^ coleo2>trata. 



II. $ , sides of thorax sinuate, mnch dilated in front . . 1 

 $ , sides of thorax reflexed in front . . . . . . ) 



1. coleoptrata, Fall. 



$ brownish-Llack. Elytra paler, their cuneus and 

 lateral margins dark. Thorax with a deeply impressed 

 transverse line in front. Sides nearly straight, not dilated 

 in front; base deeply sinuate; sides of the corium curved. 

 Cuneus reddish-brown, very narrowly pale at the base 

 outwardly ; membrane dusky, slightly paler below the 

 apex of the cuneus. Antenna?: 2nd and 3rd joints sub- 

 equal. 



2 very convex, broAvn ; head, thorax, seutcllum and 

 legs more or less red. Elytra covering the subglobose 

 body. 



Length, $ , i line ; S , f line. 



Under leaves ; on palings, &c. 



2. tenella, Zett. 



$ very like the preceding, but differing in the shape of 

 the thorax, which has the lateral margins dilated and more 

 or less reflexed near the anterior angles, thus giving them 

 a sinuate form ; the 3rd joint of the antennas is also much 

 shorter in comparison to the 2nd. It is also a rather 

 larger species. 



$ brown, head and legs red; side margins of thorax 

 reflexed; elytra quite rudimentary; body wider and less 

 convex than in coleoptrata. 



Length, $, 1 line; ?, ;^ line. 



Under leaves, &c. 



