436 Mr. J. Scott on new Genera and Species 



Thorax. — Pronotum considerably deflected from the posterior 

 to the anterior margin, the latter with a narrow collar ; disk 

 with a transverse channel ; lateral margins constricted before 

 the middle, to which point they are slightly rounded, from 

 thence posteriorly straight and gradually widening ; hinder 

 angles raised into a callus ; posterior margin somewhat deeply 

 concave across the scutellum, from thence rounded to the 

 hinder angles. Scutellum slightly elongate, with a short apical 

 and two side keels, forming a Y-shaped character. Elytra : 

 clavus deflected to the corium. Corium : anterior margin con- 

 cave before the middle. Membrane with four nerves, the two 

 inner nearer to each other than the two outer ones, free at the 

 base, first curved inwardly and then outwardly ; the two outer 

 ones approximate at the base, then diverge, and curve inwardly. 

 Legs : thighs, first pair incrassated, spindle-shaped, and with 

 four teeth on the underside, the two middle ones long ; second 

 and third pairs thin at the base, clavate next the apex ; third 

 stouter than the second, and with two teeth on the underside : 

 tibiat 7 first pair widened inwardly at the apex : tarsi, third 

 pair, first joint longest, about one third longer than the second 

 and third together. 



The genus Paromius, Fieber, is the nearest with which I 

 can associate the above ; but it has the following differences, 

 viz. the elytra slightly contracted before the middle, the posi- 

 tion and number of the teeth on the anterior thighs, and, in 

 addition, the two teeth on the underside of the third pair. 



Prosomceus brunneus. 



Brown ; pronotum somewhat thickly, and elytra sparingly 

 dark -brown punctured. 



Head dull black or pitchy brown, very finely wrinkled 

 transversely, and sparingly clothed with fine, depressed, pale 

 yellowish hairs. Face : central lobe reddish brown. Antennai 

 brownish yellow, clothed with short yellow hairs ; second joint 

 red at the apex ; third, apical half red ; fourth pitchy red, 

 base broadly and the extreme apex red. Eyes reddish brown. 

 Ocelli bright red. Rostrum pale brownish yellow, last joint 

 (except the base) piceous. 



Thorax. — Pronotum, collar fuscous brown, from thence to 

 the transverse channel dull black, very finely and sparingly 

 punctured : posterior portion brown, with coarsish piceous 

 punctures. Scutellum fuscous, black-punctured, extreme apex 

 white, apical and side keels dull reddish brown. Elytra : 

 clavus brown, the space between the suture and the nerve 

 white, except the apex ; margins and nerve on both sides 



