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5. ALYDUS fasciatus, n. s. 



A. piceo-niger, purictatus ; thorace inermi, fascia transversa lata 

 fulva ; abdomine subtus sordide fulvo, fascia basali, apiceque 

 nigris. ? . 

 Long. lin. 8|. 



Pitchy black, somewhat opaque, punctured. Head elongated, 

 with a brownish line at the apex. Thorax unarmed, with a 

 broad fulvous band across the middle, the anterior and pos- 

 terior margins of which are waved. Scutellum transversely 

 wrinkled. Coriaceous portion of the elytra brown, thickly and 

 finely punctured, with the margins and the iiervures dark brown ; 

 membrane transparent, brownish. Wings transparent. Back of 

 the abdomen black, opaque, with a transverse yellow band near 

 the base, and two triangular yellow- confluent spots a little be- 

 hind the middle; lateral margins brownish, spotted with dull 

 orange. Abdomen beneath dull orange, with an indistinct band 

 at the base, and the apex black. Breast pitchy brown, obscure, 

 thickly and finely punctured, becoming blackish towards the 

 centre, with a rather strong yellow central furrow on the meso- 

 sternum, and a strong yellow tubercle near the insertion of each 

 posterior leg. Anterior and intermediate legs dull fulvous, with 

 the tips of the thighs and tarsi brownish ; posterior thighs much 

 thickened, pitchy black, with the base and an indistinct band 

 near the apex fulvous, a short longitudinal stria near the apex on 

 the upper portion of the inside, and a few teeth on the under 

 surface ; posterior tibiae pitchy brown, with the tip black ; pos- 

 terior tarsi browTi. Rostrum brown, with the apical joint black. 

 Antennae with the first two joints black ; third joint brown, with 

 the apex black ; fourth joint brown, with the base yellow. 

 a. Africa. From Mr. Children's Collection. 



6. ALYDUS tenuicornis, n. s. 



A. pallide fuscus, opacus, thoraee spiiioso; capite pectoreque 

 utrinque fascia longitudinal! interrupta albida ; antennis elon- 

 gatis, articulis secundo et tertio apice fuscis, ultimo valde elon- 

 gato. c? . 

 Long. lin. 6. 



Pale brown, opaque ; finely punctured, and clothed with very 

 short yellow hairs. Eyes deep brown ; ocelli red. Lateral angles 

 of the thorax acutely spinous ; spines black. Coriaceous portion 

 of the elytra rather strongly punctured, with the nervures elevated 

 and smooth ; membrane transparent, brownish. Abdomen be- 

 neath mottled with brown. Breast brown, opaque, punctured, 

 blackish in the centre, with a broad, smooth, yellow band on 

 each side, and a yellow curved streak on each side of the meta- 



