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Head finely and closely punctured, almost granulose. Antennce 

 pitchy-black. Eyes piceous. 



Thorax. Pronotum very narrow in front; disk closely and 

 strongly punctured, the punctures on the second \ larger and 

 sharper than in front ; side margins in the middle yellowish, with a 

 brown line on the edge ; the callus, and sometimes the posterior 

 margin, piceous. Scutellum closely punctured, strongest on the 

 sides. Elytra ; Clavus ochreous or piceous, with 4 rows of strong, 

 brown punctures ; the middle nerve strong, curved inwards ; Corium, 

 anterior margin ochreous, with a brown line on the edge ; base 

 ochreous, with brown punctures, not so large as those on the clavus, 

 the posterior -J with still finer black punctures, or the middle 

 piceous, outwardly with a more or less distinct ochreous spot, and in 

 the centre a narrow ochreous line jutting down from the basal 

 portion : Membrane whitish or light fuscous, hindwardly darker ; the 

 base, especially on the outer half, white, the middle, close to the 

 posterior margin of the corium, piceous ; nerves brown or piceous. 

 Sternum finely punctured. Legs ; thighs black, apex piceous ; tibice 

 piceous, with short, rather projecting, yellowish hairs ; tarsi paler. 



Abdomen with fine yellowish pubescence. 



Length, 1J line. 



Not scarce in the London district, under leaves, field refuse, and 

 at the roots of grass, all the year round. 



Genus 7. PERITRECHUS, Fieb. 



Elliptic. 



Head short, 5-sided, convex : Face deflected in a curve ; central 

 lobe prominent, longer than the side lobes ; antenniferous processes 

 very short, inserted far below the eyes. Antennce short ; 1st joint 

 short, stout, narrow at the base, about \ its length reaching beyond 

 the end of the face ; 2nd and 3rd slightly thicker at the apex ; 2nd 

 twice as long as the 1st, 3rd not so long as the 2nd ; 4th fusiform, 

 longer than the 3rd, but not so long as the 2nd. Eyes rather promi- 

 nent, projecting a little beyond the anterior margin of the pronotum. 

 Ocelli small, distant. Bostrivm reaching across the metasternum. 



Thorax. Pronotum trapeziform; anterior margin shorter than 

 the width of the head across the eyes; disk more convex in front 

 than behind, depressed across the middle, so that the lateral mar- 



