168 SAEOTHEUS AEEOLATUS. 



have been described. The genus is not known from 

 America. 



1 (2) Parapsidal furrows complete, areolet and cubitus incomplete, 



wings hyaline, abdomen not compressed, black. 



Canaliculatus. 



2 (1) Parapsidal furrows incomplete, areolet and cubitus complete, 



wings fuscous, abdomen strongly compressed, red. 



Areolatus. 



1. SAEOTHEUS CANALICULATUS. 

 PL VIII, fig. 7. 



Saroth'rus canaliculatus, Htg., Germ. Zeit., ii, 203 ; Reinh., 



B. E. Z., 226, 1. 

 Melanips canaliculatus, Gir., Verh. z.-b. Ges. Wien, x, 164. 



Black, sliming ; the knees, tibiae, and tarsi reddish-yellow ; hind tarsi 

 fuscous; wings hyaline, nervures fuscous. Antennae a little longer 

 than the head and thorax united, the joints moniliform, the third about 

 one half longer than the fourth. The pronotum in front and the lower 

 part of mesopleurse striolated, the former very finely punctured. 

 Mesonotum with some fine punctures ; the furrow complete, wide, and 

 deep ; there is a central furrow at the base. Scutellum rugose ; median 

 segment thickly covered with a pale pubescence. Abdomen strongly 

 compressed, the hair fringe distinct, whitish. Areolet distinct ; cubitus 

 traced to near the apex. 



The < has the antennae as long as the body, the third joint incised, 

 for the greater part testaceous beneath, and about one half longer than 

 the fourth. 



Length 2 3*5 m.m. 



The colour of the legs varies from deep to yellow- 

 ish-red ; sometimes the flagellum in the $ is testaceous 

 on the lower side. In size it varies considerably. 



Common among herbage in autumn. 



Continental distribution : Germany. 



2. SAEOTHRUS AEEOLATUS. 

 PI. VIII, fig. 8. 



Sarothrus areolatus, Htg., Germ. Zeit., ii, 203; Keinhard, 



B. E. Z., iv, 227, Tab. iv, fig. 5, 

 ? ; Thorns., Oef., xviii, 417. 



Amphithectus Dahlbomi, Htg., I.e.; Giraud, Yerh. z.-b. Ges. 



Wien, x, 175. 



Melanips fumipennis, Giraud, 1. c., 165. 



