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board the steamer were provided with passports. He had some con- 
fused notion of “ identification,” for which he clamoured incessantly. 
I might have passed as ‘Lord Jones, if I had chosen. It was vain to 
plead corporeal presence, as a proof that I was myself; but the litera 
scripta acted on him like magic. 
St. Albans: October 14th, 1871. 
Family.—LYGAIDA. 
Genus.— MACROPTERNA, Fieb. 
Macroprerna BICOLOR, Scott, sp. n. 
Black and white, somewhat oval. 
Head black, slightly shining, thickly and deeply punctured; antenne yellow, first 
joint black, fourth brown. 
Thorax: pronotum black, slightly shining, thickly and deeply punctured, except a 
small space on either side of the centre a little before the middle of the disc; 
scutellum black, punctured, except a short, longitudinal, posterior, central 
keel; elytra white, or very pale yellowish-white; clavus, nerves prominent ; 
coriwm, base very narrowly black, apical half black, nerves prominent ; mem- 
brane black, the anterior and posterior margins narrowly, and an oval patch, 
haying its upper margin in aline with the apex of the cuneus, white, membrane 
suture, very narrowly but distinctly white, nerves alternately darker or lighter 
as they pass through the respective parts; sternwm black, thickly punctured ; 
mesosternum on the sides yellowish-white; legs black; thighs black, shining, 
first pair at the apex white, second and third brown; tibie whitish, base of all 
the pairs very narrowly black, apex more or less brownish; tarsi brownish, 
third joint darker. 
Abdomen, underneath black or pitchy-black. . Length, {—4 line. 
This insect bears some slight resemblance to Microplaa plagiatus 
in the markings on the membrane ; but, while, in the last named, the 
character assumes a J-form between the second and third nerves, in 
M. bicolor the character is much broader and reaches the inner margin? 
and may be roughly compared in shape to the ordinary rounded form 
of the handle of a walking-stick or umbrella. | 
Genus.—BRACHYPLAX, Fieb. 
BRACHYPLAX LINEARIS, Scott, sp. n. 
Narrow ; head and pronotum brownish-yellow, thickly and rather 
deeply punctured. 
Head brownish-yellow or reddish-brown, somewhat dusky across the base of the 
central lobe; antenna black, stout, basal joint reddish-yellow ; eyes red. 
