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apical margin black, the inner basal area and clavus much 

 suffused with brownish black ; connexivum stramineous, 

 spotted with black ; second, third, and fourth joints of 

 antennae subequal in length; lateral margins of pronotum 

 almost obliquely straight, very slightly sinuate, transversely 

 impressed near middle and concave at base. 



Long. 7£- 9 mm. 



Allied to D. longicolUs, Dall. 



Fam. Eeduviidse. 

 Ilavinthus trochanterics } sp. n. 



Black, shining; apex of scutellum, venation to corium, 

 and the trochanters sanguineous ; corium and clavus sparingly 

 greyishly tomentose ; connexivum with large marginal 

 sanguineous spots ; head about as long as pronotum and 

 scutellum together, its lateral margins behind eyes granulate ; 

 ocelli castaneous ; antennas with the first joint as long as 

 head, second and third short, together about as long as 

 fourth ; pronotum strongly constricted near middle, anterior 

 lobe glabrous, posterior lobe very finely and obscurely 

 punctate ; connexivum robust, erosed at the segmental 

 incisures ; femora finely granulate, anterior femora pro- 

 minently spinose beneath, intermediate and posterior femora 

 more obsoletely spinose. 



Long. 11^-12 mm. 



A distinct species by the greyishly tomentose and san- 

 guineously veined corium and the sanguineous trochanters. 



Fam. Capsidae. 



Subfam. Mirinm. 



Division M IE aria. 



Megalocercea Doddi, sp. n. 



Elongate, slender; pale ochraceous, with a slight virescent 

 tinge ; antennas, apex of posterior tibias, and basal joint 

 of posterior tarsi rosaceous ; eyes black ; pronotum and 

 scutellum with a central pale longitudinal line; head with a 

 narrow, profound, central, longitudinal incision between eyes ; 

 basal joint of antennas moderately incrassate and about as 

 long as head, second joint about as long as posterior tibias, 

 slightly longer than third; pronotum very finely and obscurely 

 granulate, its posterior margin concavely sinuate, the meso- 

 notum exposed ; antennas not pilose ; basal joint of posterior 

 tarsi very long. 



Lomr. 5 mm. 



