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Head smooth. Antennae short, stout ; in the <$ pitchy black ; 

 2nd joint thickest; 3rd obtuse-fusiform ; 4th, rufous: in the $ the 

 antennae are perceptibly thinner and more equal ; 1st joint black ; 

 2nd more or less dusky-yellowish, except the apex ; 3rd piceous ; 

 4th rufous. Eyes black. Ocelli red. Eostrum pitchy black, the 

 junction of the 2nd and 3rd joints yellowish. 



Thorax. Pronotum in front smooth, behind the callosity finely 

 punctured, almost crenate ; sides with 2 fine, projecting black hairs. 

 Scutellum smooth, the basal \ flatly deflected to the middle ; apex 

 delicately crenate. Elytra ; Clavus and Corium pitchy black in g > 

 black in ? , finely punctured, and clothed with fine short hairs ; 

 Cuneus deep black, punctured ; Membrane smoke-brown, iridescent. 

 Legs ; thighs black ; apex yellowish, on the 1st pair broadly so ; 

 tibiae ; 1st pair in the dusky-yellowish or light-piceous ; in the 

 ? clear yellow; 2nd and 3rd pairs, and all the tarsi, black or 

 piceous. 



Length, f J line. 



Local. Not rare at "Weybridge in June (Dr. Power) ; also at the 

 same place in September, on the flowers of Ulex nanus ; and at the 

 Addington Hills, Surrey. 



Species 2.- TRIPHLEPS OBSCURUS. 



OBSCURUS, Hahn, Wanz. i, 110, t. 17, fig. 59 (1831). 



Black, shining, delicately haired. Antennas testaceous, in the <$ 

 somewhat thicker than in the ? ; 1st joint blackish in ? ; 

 clavus and corium pale testaceous ; cuneus pitchy black. Legs 

 testaceous ; thighs ; 3rd pair in $ , brown ; 2nd and 3rd in $ , 

 black, except the apex. 



Head smooth. Antennae testaceous, thin, almost filiform; in the 

 not much thicker than in the ? , and the 2nd joint scarcely 

 thicker than the others ; in the < , the 3rd joint piceous ; 4th rufous, 

 at the base piceous ; in the ? , the 1st joint black or piceous, 4th as 

 in the . Eyes black or brown. Ocelli red. Eostrum piceous, the 

 junction of the 2nd and 3rd joints yellowish. 



Thorax. Pronotum smooth, posteriorly finely crenate-punctate, 

 sides with 2 long, projecting hairs. Scutellum smooth, posteriorly 



