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nent, black, situated on the lower angle of the sinus; tra- 

 beculae small, acutely conical ; antennae short, subclavate, 

 the second joint the longest; prothorax narrower than the 

 head, and transverse ; metathorax large, as wide as the 

 head ; abdomen suborbicular, the first segment the largest, 

 the remainder nearly equal, sutures with numerous long 

 hairs ; legs long and thick. Length . 



Communicated by the Rev. L. Jenyns from the Marsh 

 Titmouse (Parus palustris), and by Mr. G. R. Denny, 

 from the Great Titmouse (Parus major). 



24. DOCOPHORUS PLATYGASTER. Denny* 



Plate II. Fig. 5. 



Head cordate, chestnut ; abdomen very large, nearly 

 orbicular, flat, lateral fasciae deep liver-colour, each with two 

 foveolae. 



Head and thorax chestnut, smooth and shining, the 

 former cordate, anteriorly notched and depressed, with a 

 black semicircular transverse band before each eye, base 

 rotundate, with two impressed lines extending upwards 

 from the occiput ; eyes flat, fuscous ; antennae short, thick, 

 rather abruptly setaceous, ferruginous yellow; trabeculae 

 acute ; prothorax small, narrow, transverse, channelled in 

 the centre ; metathorax not so wide as the head, with two 

 depressions at the base, posterior margin obtusely angular, 

 with a row of setigerous punctures ; abdomen yellow white, 

 very broad, nearly orbicular, much contracted at the base, 

 lateral sutures, very deep; lateral fasciae, dark liver colour, 

 long, conical, each with two foveolae ; last two segments 

 deep chestnut ; legs short and thick, pale, ferruginous ; an - 

 terior femora sub-angular. Length f . 



I have taken this species from the Foolish Guillemot 



