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142. Rhyparochromus lateralis. 



Dieuehes lateralis, Sgnt. Maill. Notes lie Reunion, Ins. 29 — Beosus 

 lateralis, Slal, Hem. Afr. ii. 171. 



Bourbon. 



143. Rhyparochromus annulatus. 



anuulatus, Sgnt. A. S. E. F. 3me Ser. viii. 919 — Beosus annulatus, Slal, 

 Hem. Afr. ii. 169. 



Madagascar. 



144. Rhyparochromus kaptorius. 

 raptorius, Sgnt. A. S. E. F. 'Sine Ser. viii. 950. 

 Madagascar. 



145. Rhyparochromus transversus. 



transversus, Sgnt. A. S. E. F. 3me Ser. viii. 950— Beosus 'transversus , 

 Slal, Hem. Afr. ii. 167. 



Madagascar. 



146. Rhyparochromus semidolens. 

 semidolens, Walk. Zool. 2nd Ser. 2378. 

 Harkeko, Africa, near the Red Sea. 



147. Rhyparochromus circumcinctus. 



Mas. Niger, longi-fwiformii, fere planus ; rostrum teslaeeum, 

 coxas media* atlingens ; antenna corporis dimidio longiores ; 

 prothorax Jlavescente marginalus; abdomen flavo bimucutaltim ; 

 venter flavo unimaculalus; pedes picei, femoribtu qualuor posteriori- 

 bus basi Jlavis ; corium abbreviation, cosla tcstacca. Var. ft. — 

 Piceus, capile antennisque fulvis, harum arliculo \o piceo; pedes 

 fulvi. 



Male. Black, shiniug, elongate-fusiform, rather flat, very finely 

 punctured. Head conical, as broad as the fore border of the prothorax. 

 Eyes piceous, slightly prominent. Rostrum testaceous, extending to the 

 middle COXS. Antcuiue slender, more than half the lengtb of the liody; 

 first joint very short; third shorter than the second ; fourth a little longer 

 than the second. Prothorax quadrate, a little narrower in front, bordered 

 with pale yellow. Abdomen with a yellow spot on each side above and 

 will) a yellow spot in the disk beneath. I-egs piceous, shinier; four 

 posterior femora yellow at the base; fore femora inerassated, spinulose 

 beneath. Wings abbreviated ; corium with a testaceous cosla. Var. ft. — 



