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  Mr. 
  W. 
  S. 
  Dallas's 
  Descriptions 
  of 
  some 
  

  

  punctured, 
  with 
  the 
  lateral 
  margins 
  brownish, 
  and 
  two 
  approxi- 
  

   mated 
  brown 
  longitudinal, 
  lines 
  converging 
  in 
  front, 
  running 
  from 
  

   base 
  to 
  apex; 
  beneath 
  testaceous, 
  rather 
  thickly 
  punctured. 
  Eyes 
  

   black. 
  Antennae 
  with 
  the 
  three 
  first 
  joints 
  pale 
  brown, 
  the 
  second 
  

   and 
  third 
  joints 
  about 
  equal 
  in 
  length; 
  fourth 
  and 
  fifth 
  joints 
  black, 
  

   fourth 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  preceding, 
  fifth 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  fourth. 
  

   Rostrum 
  brown, 
  becoming 
  black 
  at 
  the 
  apex. 
  Pronotum 
  tes- 
  

   taceous, 
  rather 
  thickly 
  and 
  finely 
  punctured 
  with 
  brown. 
  Scu- 
  

   tellum 
  rather 
  narrow, 
  elongate, 
  with 
  the 
  sides 
  nearly 
  parallel, 
  very 
  

   slightly 
  narrowed 
  towards 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  testaceous, 
  finely 
  punctured 
  

   with 
  brown, 
  thickly 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  sides, 
  more 
  sparingly 
  

   on 
  the 
  disc; 
  with 
  a 
  small 
  black 
  impression 
  in 
  each 
  basal 
  angle, 
  and 
  

   within 
  this 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  a 
  small, 
  slightly 
  elevated, 
  impiinctate 
  

   whitish 
  spot, 
  from 
  which 
  a 
  slightly 
  elevated, 
  impunctate 
  line 
  runs 
  

   towards 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  scutellum, 
  which 
  bears 
  a 
  small 
  brown 
  spot. 
  

   Breast 
  testaceous, 
  rather 
  thickly 
  punctured, 
  the 
  punctures 
  of 
  va- 
  

   rious 
  sizes, 
  and 
  either 
  brown 
  or 
  colourless; 
  postpectus 
  with 
  a 
  large 
  

   dull 
  yellowish 
  patch, 
  punctured 
  with 
  brown, 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  at 
  the 
  

   orifice 
  of 
  the 
  odoriferous 
  apparatus. 
  Legs 
  testaceous, 
  clothed 
  

   with 
  shortish 
  hairs 
  ; 
  tarsi 
  with 
  the 
  apical 
  joint 
  and 
  the 
  tips 
  of 
  the 
  

   claws 
  pitchy 
  black. 
  Elytra 
  with 
  the 
  coriaceous 
  portion 
  pale 
  tes- 
  

   taceous, 
  thickly 
  and 
  finely 
  punctured 
  with 
  brown, 
  with 
  a 
  double 
  

   row 
  of 
  larger 
  brown 
  punctures 
  parallel 
  to 
  the 
  suture 
  of 
  the 
  clavus, 
  

   and 
  two 
  longitudinal 
  impunctate 
  lines 
  on 
  the 
  apical 
  portion 
  ; 
  the 
  

   membrane 
  opaque, 
  brownish, 
  with 
  brown 
  nervures. 
  Projecting 
  

   margins 
  of 
  the 
  abdomen 
  pale 
  testaceous, 
  sparingly 
  and 
  finely 
  

   j)unctured 
  with 
  brown, 
  with 
  a 
  small 
  black 
  spot 
  at 
  the 
  junction 
  of 
  

   each 
  segment. 
  Abdomen 
  beneath 
  yellowish 
  testaceous, 
  thickly 
  

   covered 
  with 
  very 
  fine 
  pale 
  brown 
  points, 
  and 
  with 
  a 
  longitudinal 
  

   band 
  of 
  dark 
  brown 
  points 
  on 
  each 
  side, 
  considerably 
  within 
  the 
  

   stigmata 
  ; 
  stigmata 
  black. 
  

  

  Genus 
  Mecidea, 
  Dall. 
  

  

  It 
  may 
  not 
  be 
  out 
  of 
  place 
  to 
  mention 
  here, 
  that 
  the 
  genus 
  

   Ceratmdax, 
  proposed 
  by 
  M. 
  Victor 
  Signoret 
  at 
  p. 
  335 
  of 
  the 
  last 
  

   volume 
  of 
  the 
  Annales 
  de 
  la 
  Societe 
  Entomologique 
  de 
  France, 
  

   is 
  identical 
  with 
  the 
  above-named 
  genus 
  ; 
  the 
  species 
  described 
  

   by 
  him 
  being, 
  however, 
  quite 
  distinct 
  from 
  both 
  those 
  previously 
  

   described 
  by 
  me 
  in 
  the 
  British 
  Museum 
  Catalogue. 
  The 
  distinc- 
  

   tive 
  characters 
  of 
  the 
  three 
  species 
  are 
  subjoined. 
  

  

  