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with an irregular streak of similar punctures on each side. Thighs 

 testaceous, with a few fine brown points, reddish towards the 

 apex ; anterior tibiae red, blackish towards the apex ; four poste- 

 rior tibiae testaceous, reddish towards the base, with the apex 

 red; tarsi red. Rostrum testaceous, with the apex brownish. 

 Antennae red, with the apical joint black. 



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



18. SCIOCORIS pallidus, n. s. 



S. testaceus, fusco-punctatissimus ; capite brevi, oculis nigris; 

 corpore subtus pedibusque ochreis ; antennis fulvis. < . 

 Long. lin. 5. 



Above testaceous, very thickly and minutely punctured with 

 brown. Head pale ochreous, short, rounded and slightly emar- 

 ginate at the apex. Eyes black ; ocelli small, placed nearly as 

 far from the eyes as from each other, on the back of the head in 

 the emargination of the anterior margin of the thorax. Thorax 

 pale ochreous in front, deeply emarginate for the reception of 

 the head. Scutellum with the apical margin whitish. Coria- 

 ceous portion of the elytra margined with pale ochreous. Mem- 

 brane brownish, semitransparent. Margins of the abdomen pro- 

 jecting on each side beyond the elytra, pale ochreous, immacu- 

 late. Body beneath ochreous, very thickly and minutely punc- 

 tured ; stigmata black. Legs and rostrum ochreous, the latter 

 with the extreme tip brown. Antennae pale orange, with the 

 apical joint dusky. 



a. S. Africa. Presented by the Earl of Derby. 



19. SCIOCORIS ater, n. s. 



S.elongatus, ater, opacus, punctatissimus; membrana nigro-fusca; 

 tibiis anticis subdilatatis. $ . 

 Long. lin. 5. 



Elongate ovate, deep black, opaque, very thickly and finely 

 punctured. Head about as broad as long, semicircular in front. 

 Membrane of the elytra brownish black. Anterior tibiae slightly 

 dilated; anterior thighs very slightly spinous. Antennae with 

 the second joint a little longer than the third. 



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



20. SCIOCORIS Morio, n. s. 



S. praecedenti valde affinis, elongatus, ater, punctatissimus, tho- 

 race postice, scutelloque fuscescentibus ; thoracis lateribus te- 

 nuissime albido-marginatis; pedibus nigris, femoribus basi, 

 tibiisque 4 posticis, basi et apice exceptis, testaceis. ? . 

 Long. lin. 4. 



