SAMPSIGERAMUS. 287 



margins of the pronotum ; antennae moderately slender, first joint 

 shorter than head, second about three times as long as first, third 

 shorter than second, but considerably longer than fourth ; rostrum 

 distinctly passing the posterior coxae ; pronotum at base more 

 than twice as broad as long and about half as broad again as 

 anterior margin, deflected on anterior half, very obscurely trans- 

 versely callose on anterior area, anterior and posterior margins 

 truncate, lateral margins a little roundly oblique, the posterior 

 angles obtusely rounded ; scutellum subtriangular ; corium (ex- 

 cluding cuueus) about as long as posterior tibiae, including 

 clavus twice as long as broad ; cuneus about as broad at base 

 as outwardly long ; membrane considerably passing abdominal 

 apex, its greatest length as long as intermediate tibiae; head, 

 pronotum, scutellum, corium, and cuneus densely pilose ; 

 legs spinulose, the tibiae more thickly and strongly so, the 

 femora, especially the posterior, distinctly thickened; posterior 

 tarsi with the basal joint longest. 



The position of this genus is near the Palaearctic Plagiotylus. 

 Scott. 



3063. Sampsigerainus pilosulus, Dist. A. M. N. H. (8) v, p. 18 

 (1910). 



Head obscure dull ochraceous, thickly pilose ; antennae 

 piceous black, the second joint centrally broadly annulated 

 with dull ochraceous, eyes black ; pronotum thickly strongly 

 pilose and darkly granulose, dull ochraceous, the disk more 

 or less discoloured and darker in hue ; scutellum somewhat 



Fig. 158. Sampsifferamus pilosulus. 



palely piceous, thickly strongly pilose and darkly granulose; 

 corium somewhat palely piceous, the costal area and cuneus 

 pale ochraceous, strongly, thickly, darkly pilose ; membrane very 

 pale fuliginous with paler mottlings, especially at the apices 

 of the cells ; body beneath black, finely pilose ; legs ochraceous, 



