ASOPID^E. 93 



Abdomen, above blue-black, beneath luteous, thickly black-punc- 

 tured, or entirely black ; Connexivum black, with yellow spots. 



Length, 4 4J lines. 



Not common. Spring and autumn. Haslemere (Barrett} ; Holm- 

 bush (Fenri) ; Shirley, Surrey (E. C. Eye). 



Genus 4. ASOPUS, Burm. 



Head flattened, quadrangular ; Face wider just before the eyes ; 

 side lobes recurved, apex rounded, central lobe shorter, leaving a 

 wide, deep notch in front. Antenna in length moderate, slender, each 

 inserted on a very short tubercle before the eyes ; 1st joint half the 

 length of the head ; 2nd a trifle longer than the 4th ; 2nd and 5th 

 shorter than the 4th, subequai. Eyes large, prominent. Ocelli 

 small, a little wider apart than distant from the eyes. Rostrum 

 arising in front of the head, reaching to the hinder coxae, thick, very 

 wide at the base, 2nd joint longest ; rostral channel very short and 

 shallow, hardly perceptible. 



Thorax. Pronotum hexagonal, broader than long, in front as 

 wide as the head and eyes ; anterior margin very concave, anterior 

 angles much produced, cut off obliquely and exteriorly produced into 

 a small tooth ; sides, in front, strongly serrate, very sinuate, and 

 spreading out into a large, broad, rounded, projecting, and up-curving 

 process ; hinder angles rounded ; hinder sides long, nearly straight ; 

 posterior margin longer than the breadth of the scutellum, straight 

 across the scutellum, but beyond a little produced posteriorly over 

 the clavus ; posterior angles acute ; disk hindwardly on a level with 

 the scutellum, forwardly deflected at the same angle as the head. 

 Scutellum about half as long as the abdomen, triangular ; base convex, 

 sides sinuate, apex narrowly rounded. Elytra : Corium ; anterior 

 margin rounded, posterior margin straight ; Membrane with 8 

 nerves. Sternum: Prosternum; on each side a transverse channel ; 

 Mesosternum with a slight keel forwardly widened. Legs: tibiae 

 outwardly flat, margins slightly reflexed, forming a narrow, linear 

 channel ; anterior pair, inwardly, beyond the middle with a short 

 spine ; tarsi strong, 1st joint a trifle longer than the 3rd, 2nd shorter 

 and thinner. 



Abdomen semi-elliptic, not very convex ; beneath, in the centre of 

 the 2nd segment, a short blunt spine pointing forwards ; Connexivum 

 broad, extending beyond the elytra. 



