, 



c, 



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very finely and thickly punctured, small, with the anterior mar- 

 gin slightly indented in the middle, the central lobe reaching 

 the anterior margin. Eyes brownish; ocelli reddish. Thorax 

 with the anterior and lateral margins very thickly and finely 

 punctured, the posterior portion of the disc more sparingly ; thus 

 leaving a broad, transverse, smooth band on the anterior portion 

 of the disc. Scutellum finely and very thickly punctured ; the 

 punctures becoming closer and finer towards the apex, which is 

 very acute. Coriaceous portion of the elytra pitchy, very finely 

 and thickly punctured; the punctures placed closer together 

 towards the outer margin, and becoming coarser towards the 

 base; membrane brownish, subopaque, with a distinct brown 

 spot in the centre of the base, and a smaller one near the inner 

 basal angle. Body beneath black. Abdomen thickly and finely 

 punctured, with the centre of the disc impunctate ; the posterior 

 margins of the segments very minutely and regularly denticu- 

 lated. Breast very thickly and finely punctured. Legs pitchy 

 black, with the tarsi ferruginous. Rostrum brownish red, with 

 the basal joint black. Antennae wanting. 



a. S. Africa. Presented by D. A. Smith. 



. JETHUS brunnipennis. 



lydnus brunnipennis, Fab. S. R. 185. 6 (1803). 



a. Congo. Presented by Sir John Richardson, M.D. 



4. ^ETHUS foveolus, n. s. 



J3. supra castaneus, capite, thorace, scutelloque magis piceis, 

 punctatus ; corpore subtus pedibusque piceis ; antennis tar- 

 sisque ferrugineis; elytrorum membrana fuscescenti, subhya- 

 lina. c? . 

 Long. lin. 5|. 



Head rather small, with the anterior margin rounded, entire, 

 the lateral lobes not meeting beyond the central ; pitchy brown, 

 with the margins paler and fringed with fine bristles. Ocelli 

 very large, red. Thorax pitchy brown, with the posterior margin 

 chestnut ; anterior margin with a faint, finely punctured, trans- 

 verse fovea; lateral margins finely and thickly punctured, and 

 fringed with long, stout bristles; posterior portion of the disc 

 finely and sparingly punctured. Scutellum pitchy brown at the 

 base, becoming chestnut-brown towards the apex, rather strongly 

 but sparingly punctured ; the tip with a distinct fovea. Coria- 

 ceous portion of the elytra bright chestnut-brown, thickly and 

 finely punctured ; membrane brownish, semitransparent. Abdo- 

 men beneath pitchy, very smooth, shining, with the disc impunc- 

 tate, the sides thickly and finely punctured. Breast pitchy, 



