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and posterior margin o^Metasternum ochreous, with brown punctures; 

 at the base of the coxae a pale yellow spot. Legs ochreous or yellow ; 

 tliiglis with a broad black ring ; on the 1st pair a large black spot on 

 the upper side ; tibia brown at the base, with strong, distant, black 

 hairs ; tarsi brown at the end. 



Abdomen black, with fine yellowish pubescence. 



Length, 2f lines. 



Bare. A few specimens in old collections ; no recent examples : 

 Parley Heath (Dale) . Pieber says : " Under fallen leaves, on plants 

 and at roots of trees, not scarce throughout the year ; chiefly in 

 Central and Southern Europe." 



Genus 6. SCOLOPOSTETHUS, Fieb. 

 Oval, sides somewhat parallel. 



Head 5-sided, narrow, convex ; Face triangular ; central lobe short, 

 prominent, widest in front ; side lobes short, much deflected ; an- 

 terior margin concave ; antenniferous processes well developed, 

 pointing outwards. Antennae, 1st 3 joints slightly clavate, 4th 

 fusiform ; 1st not thickened, long, \ its length reaching beyond the 

 end of the face ; 2nd ird longer than the 1st ; 3rd and 4th in length 

 subequal, shorter than the 2nd. Eyes moderate, semi-globose, some- 

 what removed from the base of the head. Ocelli small, distant. 

 Rostrum strong, reaching across the mesosternum ; 1st and 3rd joints 

 in length subequal, 2nd longer, 4th short. 



Thorax. Pronotum trapeziform; anterior angles rounded; sides 

 slightly contracted in the middle, their margins narrow in front, 

 widened inwardly at the middle ; hinder angles prominent, obtuse ; 

 posterior margin concave ; disk, 1st i, or rather more, convex, the 

 remainder flatter, but raised into a callus within the hinder angles ; 

 across the middle a depression, deeper at the sides. Scutellum large, 

 triangular, depressed in the centre, hindwardly raised, subcarinate. 

 Elytra (when developed) as long as the body. Clavm deflected to 

 the corium ; claval suture depressed; Corium; anterior margin nar- 

 row, reflexed at the base ; disk inwardly flat, outwardly and poste- 

 riorly convex ; 1st nerve strong ; Membrane (often but partially de- 

 veloped) ; base with a deep transverse depression ; nerves 5 ; the 

 1st very short ; the 2nd and 3rd arising together, nearly straight, but 

 divergent, the 2nd going to the anterior margin and the 3rd to the 



