CERATOCOMBID.E. 515 



I as long as the 2nd, filiform. Eyes rather small. Ocelli small, 

 close to the upper margin of the eyes. Rostrum u short, thick, 

 reaching to the middle of the mesosternum ; 1st joint as long as the 

 head. 2nd about |rds of the 1st. 



Thorax. Pronotum short trapeziform, transversely convex. 

 Elytra sub-membranous, very broad, rounded posteriorly; Clavus 

 very narrow at the base, afterwards widened into a triangle; Corium; 

 on the anterior side bounded inwardly by a nerve, a large triangle is 

 formed, the broad end of which joins the cuneus, the middle space 

 membranous, with 2 parallel nerves arising at the base, the inner 

 one running into the clavus at its widest part, and extending beyond 

 it, the outer one curving to the base of the cuneus, emitting out- 

 wardly beyond its middle a transverse nerve, thus forming 2 cells ; 

 Cuneus long, broad, and pointed ; below it, on the membrane, 2 sub- 

 parallel nerves arise near the end of the clavus, join beyond the 

 middle of their length and diverge to the anterior margin, thus 

 forming 2 long cells ; the rest of the Membrane without nerves, very 

 broad, rounded, and projecting inwardly. Wings with 1 straight 

 sub-marginal nerve, with a long cell on its inner margin ; 1 long 

 nerve below it, and 1 short basal nerve still lower. Sternum; 

 Mesosternum depressed, somewhat prolonged posteriorly, obtuse, 

 notched, with a short furcate line ; Metasternum broad, short, with 

 an obtuse point. Legs; thighs rather broad, flat; tibia ; 3rd pair 

 long ; tarsi; 1st pair short ; 1st joint very short, 2nd twice as long 

 as the 3rd ; claws as long as the 3rd joint, curved at the base. 



Species 1. DIPSOCORIS ALIENUM. 



i . 



CRYPTOSTEMMA* ALIENUM, H. Schf. Panz F. G. 135, 11. 

 DIPSOCORIS ALIENUM, Halid. N. Hist. Rev. ii, 61, pi. 2, fig. 3 (1855) ; 

 Fieb. Europ. Hem. 143 (1861). 



Olive-brown with a silky gloss, and very fine, short, appressed 

 hairs. 



Head yellowish-brown with strong projecting hairs. Antennce 

 brown, with long, very fine, projecting hairs. Ocelli red; 



Thorax. Elytra ; the- nerves deeper brown than the ground 



* Used before in Coleopfera. 



