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Head finely punctured. Antennae with close, projecting hairs ; 1st 

 joint black on the lower , anteriorly yellow ; 2nd yellow ; 3rd and 

 4th black. Eyes and Ocelli black. Eostrum yellowish, the end 

 black. 



Thorax. Pronotum campanulate, widest and very convex in front ; 

 smooth ; anterior portion with only a few fine distant punctures ; 

 last 3rd with distant, deep, long punctures. Scutellum black ; apex 

 piceous ; base finely punctured ; sides with deep large punctures. 

 Elytra; Clavus piceous, with 3 rows of large deep punctures; 

 nerves yellowish ; Coriwn pitchy black, outwardly 'piceous, or piceous 

 with indistinct ochreous shades ; clothed with fine, short, suberect 

 hairs ; on the inner side 2 or 3 rows of strong punctures, the rest of 

 the disk smooth : Membrane (in all the English specimens we have 

 seen abbreviated and piceous) " smoke-brown, the inner basal angle 

 with a large white spot " (Fieler). Sternum with moderate distant 

 punctures. Legs yellow ; thighs ; 1st pair piceous beneath ; tarsi ; 

 end of the last joint brown. 



Abdomen beneath with fine yellow pubescence. 



Length, 2|- lines. 



Scarce. Isle of Wight, May (G. Lewis}. 



The following species, referred by Curtis to his genus RJiyparo- 

 cJiromus, we are unable satisfactorily to identify, and therefore copy 

 his description. 



Species 6. RHYPAROCHROMUS DIMIDIATUS. 



RHYPAROCHROMUS DIMIDIATUS, Curt. B. E. xiii, 612, 6 (1836). 



" Testaceous-ochre, thickly punctured; antennae rather elongated 

 and slender, head, thorax, scutel, and pectus, piceous, excepting 

 the base of the thorax and margin of the scutel ; membrane of 

 elytra pale, with the edges and a spot on the middle fuscous. 



" Length, 21 lines. 



" August 16th, on rushes, Blackgang Chine, Isle of Wight." 



