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Black, the hairs of the antennae short not projecting ; the side mar- 

 gins of the pronotum rounded throughout, anteriorly with 2 rows, 

 posteriorly with 1 row of meshes ; the reticulation throughout 

 brown. 



Head granulated ; the orbit of the eyes and 2 short, distant frontal 

 spines yellow. Antennce ; 1st and 2nd joints granulated, the 3rd 

 densely clothed with short, thick, forwardly directed, appressed hairs ; 

 4th with finer hairs. Eyes brown or black. JRostrum dark brown ; 

 sides of the rostral channel whitish. 



Thorax. Pronotum ; hood rounded in front, pale ochreous, with 

 large meshes; side margins rounded throughout, in front rather broad- 

 est, with 2 rows of meshes, on the inner row the largest ; posteriorly with 

 1 row of meshes ; disk on the raised portion black, with fine deep 

 punctures ; the scutellar process reticulated, across its base a broad 

 whitish band, posteriorly the meshes are larger and the reticulation 

 brown ; the middle keel deeper than the side keels, its edge straight, 

 not following the contour of the disk ; all the keels pale ochreous, 

 with transverse brown meshes. Elytra long-oval, transparent, pale 

 ochreous, at the base whitish, with dark-brown, irregular reticula- 

 tion, the meshes gradually larger beyond the middle ; anterior mar- 

 gin with 2 rows of large meshes, at the apex 1 row ; sometimes in 

 places the indication of a 3rd row, at other times but 1 row in the 

 middle; but the 2 elytra are often not alike in this respect. Sternum 

 with deep round punctures ; the margins of the segments yellowish. 

 Legs ; thighs black, apex yellow, tibiae yellowish-brown, base dusky ; 

 tarsi black. 



Length, nearly l line. 



Eare. Under moss in dry, bare places, and among furze bushes ; 

 Addington Hills, Surrey ; Dartford Brent, August ; Abergavenny, 

 October (Scott). 



Genus 4. CAMPYLOSTIRA, Fieb. 

 Oval or elliptic. Hood wanting. 



Head viewed sideways nearly oval, in front obtuse ; Crown nar- 

 row, prominent, in front with 2 very short, strong, conjoined, pro- 

 jecting points ; antenniferous processes very short, obtuse ; Far.e 

 vertical. Antennce short, stout; 1st joint thick, cylindrical, reaching 



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