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Madeira. 

 119. Rhyparochkojius Madeuensis. 

 Maderensis, Wltn. Ann. Nat. Hist. 3rd Ser. i. 123. 

 a — g. Madeira. From Mr. Wollaston's collection. 



120. Rhyparochromus luscinus. 



Mas. et fcem. Niger, fusiformis; antenna? corpore mullo breviores, 

 arliculo 2o luteo apice nigra, 3i dimidio basali luteo, 4o bnsi pallide 

 flavo ; prolhorax testaceo unifasciatus, albido bimaculalus, latcribus 

 rejiexis ; scutellum albido bis trig alum, apice fiavum ; pedes lulei, 

 longi , femoribus t.otis tibiis tarsisque apice nigris ; corium testaceum, 

 nigro unislrigatum, apice alrum albido unimacalatum ; membrana 

 nigro-cinerea, apice ulbida. 



Male and female. Black, fusiform. Eyes prominent. Antennae 

 slender, much shorter than the body ; first joint shorter than the head ; 

 second luteous, black at the tip, very much longer than the first; third 

 shorter than the second, luteous for half the length from the base; fourth 

 pale yellow at the base, as long as the third. Prolhorax with an elongated 

 whitisli spot on each of the reflexed sides, and with an irregular testaceous 

 band behind the middle. Scutellum with two whitish streaks and with a 

 yellow tip. Legs luteous, long, slender; femora black; tibiae and tarsi 

 with black tips. Wings extending to the lip of the abdomen. Corium of 

 the fore wings testaceous, deep black towards the tip; a black discal streak 

 near the base ; a transverse whitish spot in the black part ; membrane 

 blackish cinereous, whitish at the tip. Leugth of the body 3ij— 4£ lines. 



Smaller than R. luscus, from which it is also distinguished by black 

 colour exteuding more over the legs. 



a— j. Madeira. From Mr. Wollaston's collection. 



121. Rhyparochromus concinnulus. 



Fcem. Niger, fusiformis; antenna: corpore breviores, articnli ]<> '2o 

 3oque apice Jlavis ; prolhorax alio bimaculalus, sulco transversa 

 anlico valde delervtinalo ; pedetniyri, femoribus guatuor posterioribvs 

 basi Jlavis, femoribus an lids incrassatis, tibiis tarsisque guatuor 



unlerioi ibus fulvis apice nigris ; corium olio unitna culatum, dimidio 

 basali testaceo ; membrana apice albida. 



Female. Black, fusiform, shining, very finely punctured. Head 

 triangular, as broad as the fore border of the prolhorax. Eyes slightly 

 prominent. Antenna: slender, somewhat slimier than the body; joints 

 iiom the first to the thiid pale yellow at the lip; Bret much shorter than 

 the head ; second about twice the length of the first; third a little shutter 

 than the second ; fourth as long as the third. Prothorax narrower in 

 front; a slrongly-maiked transverse furrow near the hind border, including 

 on each side a large triangular while spot. Legs black ; tips of the femora 

 pale yellow ; four posterior femora pale yellow at the base; fore femora 



