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Head ochreous yellow ; Crown ; hinder margin narrowly black ; 

 Face; central lobe broadly black; side lobes black. Antennce 

 ochreous-yellow ; 2nd joint at the apex narrowly blackish ; 3rd and 

 4th brownish, 3rd at the base broadly ochreous-yellow, Eyes brown 

 or black. Mostrum yellow, tip black. 



Thorax. Pronotum ochreous-yellow, finely wrinkled transversely ; 

 posterior margin broadly black ; disk with a faint central channel. 

 Elytra; Clavus and Corium finely punctured; Membrane brown- 

 black ; cell-nerves brown. Sternum ; Prosternum ochreous-yellow ; 

 Meso- and Metasternum black. Legs yellowish ; thighs ; 2nd and 

 3rd pairs frequently black, apex whitish-yellow; tibiae; 3rd pair 

 generally black at the base ; tarsi yellowish ; 3rd joint and claws 

 black. 



Abdomen black underneath, clothed with very short, fine, yellowish 

 hairs. 



Length, \\ line. 



An abundant species, by searching amongst Galium, near Strood, 

 in July ; also at Llantrissant, South Wales, by sweeping clover. 



FAMILY 20. STIPHROSOMID^. 



Genus 1. STIPHROSOMA, Fieb. 

 Short, broad, ovate. 



Head triangular, vertical in front, viewed from above very short, 

 4 or 5 times as broad across the eyes as long ; Crown almost flat, 

 very much deflected ; hinder margin between the eyes with a strong 

 keel ; Clypeus convex, base a little lower than the anterior margin of 

 the eyes ; apex a little in front of and with the long antenniferous 

 processes in a line with the lower margin of the eyes ; Face ; cen- 

 tral lobe short, broad, flattish, somewhat pointed ; side lobes short, 

 narrow. Antennce very short, scarcely half the length of the body ; 

 1st joint shorter than the head, somewhat cylindrical ; 2nd 3 times 

 as long as the 1st, slightly thickened to the apex ; 3rd and 4th fili- 

 form, together as long as the 2nd, 4th about f ths the length of the 

 3rd. Eyes small, prominent, viewed from above oval, from the side 

 short oval. Rostrum reaching to the metasternum ; 1st joint stout, 

 reaching to the end of the xyphus of the prosternum. 



Thorax. Pronotum short, trapeziform, almost twice as broad on 

 the posterior margin as long, with 2 flat callosities in front ; anterior 



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