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piceous ; in the middle and between tbis and the base 2 brown or 

 piceous bands ; 2nd at the apex and a narrow band a little below the 

 base piceous ; 3rd pair with a broad band at the base and the apex 

 narrowly piceous ; all the tibiae with small, distant brown spots, 

 in eacli of which is set alongish, stout, spinose hair ; tarsi yellowish ; 

 apex of the terminal joint black ; occasionally the basal joint is pale 

 piceous ; claws brown. 



Abdomen underneath brown or blackish, sparingly clothed with 

 short yellowish hairs ; sides more or less spotted with white. 



Length, 3-3J lines, 



An abundant species everywhere, in August and September, on 

 brambles, &c. 



FAMILY 5. 



Genus 1. DER.EOCORIS, Kirschb. 

 Longish oval, or elongate. 



Head short, vertical in front, wider across the eyes than long ; 

 Crown short, more or less convex ; Clypeus convex, the apex in a 

 line with, or a little longer than, the base of the antennae ; antenni- 

 ferons processes very short, immediately adjoining and on the lower 

 half of the eyes ; Face ; central lobe long, more or less convex ; 

 side lobes short, narrow, rounded outwardly. AntenncB shorter or 

 longer than the body, slender, somewhat filiform, occasionally with 

 the 3rd and 4th joints slightly thickened ; the 1st joint only stout> 

 bhorter than, or as long as, the pronotum ; 2nd 2 to 3 times as long as 

 the 1st ; 3rd \ to frds as long as the 2nd ; 4th | to rds the length of 

 the 3rd. Eyes prominent ; viewed from above hemispherical, from 

 the side long oval. Rostrum reaching to the 2nd or 3rd abdominal 

 segment ; 1st joint stout, reaching to the end of the xyphus of the 

 prosternum. 



Thorax. Pronotum short, trapezoidal, with a transverse channel 

 in front, forming a collar ; anterior margin straight, 2 j- to 3 times 

 smaller than the posterior one ; sides straight ; hinder angles 

 rounded, sometimes slightly raised ; posterior margin convex, some- 

 times indented in the middle ; disk convex. Scutellum longish tri- 

 angular, convex, raised above the clavus, with a transverse channel 

 at the base. Elytra generally much longer than the abdomen, 



