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red ; first and second joints exteriorly with a longitudinal 

 black line. Elytra with a slight reddish tinge. 



Head yellow, next the base of the antennae reddish. An- 

 termoB red ; first and second joints exteriorly with a longitu- 

 dinal black line ; apical joint pale yellow, apical half brown. 

 Eyes dark brown. Ocelli clear red. Rostrum yellow ; apex 

 black. 



Thorax. — Pronotum ochreous, shining, crenulate, punctate ; 

 lateral margins with a fine black line ; posterior angles faintly 

 and finely black-punctured. Scutellum ochreous, unpunctured, 

 finely wrinkled transversely. Elytra pale brown or brownish 

 yellow, with a slight reddish tinge, irregularly distributed and 

 more or less distinct in different individuals. Clavus finely 

 punctured, yellowish or brownish yellow ; base ochreous ; 

 scutellar margin black. Corium pale brown or brownish' 

 yellow, thickly and finely punctured ; anterior margin pale 

 brownish yellow ; base ochreous, between the margin and the 

 first nerve black ; first nerve frequently clear yellow ; apex 

 red or reddish. Membrane fuscous. Sternum yellow, middle 

 whitish. Legs ochreous. 



Abdomen above ochreous, slightly sordid, with a red blotch 

 on the sides of each segment ; fifth segment with a dark red- 

 brown longitudinal line at the margin ; sixth with a black 

 7-shaped patch ; beneath ochreous or ochreous white, down 

 the middle more or less broadly whitish ; second segment, in 

 a line with the coxa? of the third pair of legs are three punc- 

 tures placed triangularly, the apex pointing to the centre of 

 the base ; third with three punctures placed triangularly ; the 

 apex inverted. Connexivum above dusky ochreous. 



Length 9-10 lines. 



Family Anisoscelidse. 

 Genus Plinachtus, Stal. 



Plinachtus bicoloripes. 



Brown, thickly and finely black-punctured, producing a 

 dull chestnut-brown hue. Thighs yellow at the base, apex 

 brown. 



Head. — Antennae dark brown, thickly and finely granulated, 

 except the last joint, which is pale brownish yellow. Rostrum 

 black ; first joint yellow ; apex of the third brownish yellow. 



Thorax. — Pronotum, lateral margins nearly black ; down 

 the centre a somewhat interrupted narrow brown line. Scu- 

 tellum, apex narrowly black and transversely wrinkled. Elytra 

 brown, thickly and finely black-punctured : corium, nerves 

 clear and unpunctured ; anterior margin, from the base to 



