

RHYPAROCHROMIDJE. 



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PACHYMERUS SPINIGERELLDS, Bohem. Vet. Akad. Forli. 57, 11 (1852). V V V 

 TROPISTETHUS OCHROPTERTJS, Fieb. Europ. Hem. 184 (1861). 



HOLOSERICEUS, Stal, Vet. Akad. Forh. 217, 1 (1862). 



Black, dull ; clothed above and beneath with fine, yellow, subpro- 

 minent hairs. Clavus and corium deep ochreous, the latter 

 posteriorly and on the sides pitchy-black ; membrane shining, 

 white, irrorated with dark atoms ; the base clear. 



Head finely punctured. Antennae black, clothed with subpromi- 

 nent, yellow hairs; base of each joint narrowly white. Eyes 

 and Ocelli black. 'Rostrum piceous, the junction of the joints 

 yellowish. 



Thorax. Pronotum finely punctured in front; last 3rd with 

 larger and more distinct punctures. Scutellum finely punctured, 

 apex ochreous. Elytra; Clavus ochreous, with 3 rows of brown 

 punctures, apex darker ; Corium deep ochreous, with somewhat 

 strong, black or brown punctures in rows ; posteriorly and on the 

 anterior and inner margins pitchy-black, on the latter usually as an 

 undefined spot ; centre indistinctly of the ground colour ; base 

 unclouded ; Membrane white, irrorated with dark atoms ; base clear, 

 at the inner angle ochreous (the texture of the membrane is so thin 

 that the dark colour of the abdomen shows through, and until the 

 membrane is raised its true colour is not seen). Sternum ; a spot at 

 the outer side of the COXSB yellowish ; coxae and fulcra rufous ; thigJis 

 piceous, apex rufous ; tibiae piceous, the base more or less- rufous ; 

 tarsi pale rufous, last joint piceous. 



Abdomen beneath shining, apex rufous. 



Length, 1^ line. 



Eare. In sandy places at the roots of grass. Yentnor, May, 

 (G. Guy on) ; Seaton, S. Devon, January (Dr. Power). 



Genus 12. RHYPAROCHROMUS, Curt. 

 Elliptic, the sides subparallel. 



Head 5-sided, wide, convex ; Crown short ; Face triangular, central 

 lobe long, prominent, sharply defined; side lobes shorter, long- 

 pointed. Antennae rather slender ; 1st joint strong, reaching f rd 

 of its length beyond the end of the face; 2nd and 3rd slightly 

 clavate, 2nd twice as long as the 1st, 3rd not so long as the 2nd ; 



