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than the central one, but not meeting in front of it, with a small 

 spine on each side in front of the eyes. Thorax blackish in front, 

 with a short spine at each anterior angle, the antero -lateral mar- 

 gins nearly straight, and the lateral angles emarginate. Scutellum 

 reaching the apex of the abdomen, distinctly truncated at the 

 apex, constricted a little before the middle. Body beneath pitchy 

 black, very thickly and finely punctured, and sparingly clothed 

 with short golden hairs. Thighs black, with an indistinct pale 

 band near the apex. Tibiae and tarsi pale brown. Rostrum and 

 antennae pitchy. 



a. Tenasserim (E. Indies). Presented by Packman, Esq. 



5. PODOPS pallipes, n. s. 



P. supra griseus, subtus piceus, punctatissimus ; thorace utrinque 

 bispinoso, lateribus subrectis ; tibiis, tarsis rostroque testaceis. 

 Long. lin. 3 3. 



Above greyish brown, thickly punctured and clothed with short 

 golden hairs. Head pitchy black, emarginate in front. Eyes 

 pale brown. Thorax with the antero-lateral margins nearly 

 straight, with a short spine at each anterior angle, and a longer 

 one at each lateral angle; the anterior portion of the thorax 

 more or less pitchy. Scutellum rounded at the apex, slightly 

 contracted a little before the middle. Body beneath pitchy black, 

 very thickly and finely punctured, with the sides of the abdomen 

 brownish. Thighs pitchy black, shining. Tibiae and tarsi tes- 

 taceous, with the base of the former black. Rostrum testaceous, 

 with the basal joint black. Antennae reddish brown, with the 

 apical joint darker, and the basal joint black. 



a. Sierra Leone. Presented by the Rev. D. F. Morgan. 



6. PODOPS fibulatus. 



Podops fibulatus, Germ. Zeits. i. 65. 5 (1839). 



a. Senegal. Presented by the Entomological Club. 



7. PODOPS bispinosus. 



Cimex bispinosus et coarctatus, Fab. E. S. Supp. 529. 32 & 



530. 45 (1798). 



Tetyra bispinosa, Fab. S. R. 138. 48 (1803). 

 Podops bispinosus, Germ. Zeits. i. 65. 4 (1839); H. Schajf. 



Wanz. v. 45. t. 158. fig. 496 (1839). 

 a. . 



8. PODOPS niger, n. s. 



P. totus niger, punctatus ; thorace antice gibbo, marginibus late- 

 ralibus reflexis, margine antico utrinque spina magna armato. 

 Long. lin. 3|. 



