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of the breadth between the eyes. Eyes large and 

 reddish. Pronotum transversely striated and blotched 

 with brown. Elytra snbhyaline, without a limbus, 

 about equal to the length of the body, and with brown 

 nervures ; sometimes the membranes much and finely 

 punctured with brown. Apical areas five, sometimes 

 six, in number. Frons nearly all black, with faint 

 dirty yellow striations. Fore legs yellow, with the 

 femora barred with brown. Antenna with the two 

 basal joints large, followed by a very compound 

 seta, made up of numerous tapering joints. Genital 

 valves of the male equilateral. Under-side all black, 

 except the obscure yellowish striations on the frons and 

 parts of the eyes. 



The female is much paler than the male in tint. 



Not uncommon at Weycombe, Haslemere, and at 

 Huddersfield, mostly found on commons and heaths. 



Length, 0'14 inch, or 3' 50 millimetres. 



Athysanus obsoletus, Kirschh. Plate XLVIII., figs. 

 1 to Id, and Plate XLVI., figs. 2a and 6. 



Athysanus ohsoletus, Kirschb. ; Scott ; Edw. pt. ii. 

 p. 40. 



,, sexjmnctatus, Sahib. 

 ,, piceus, Scott. 



Male. Vertex speckled and marked by six black 

 spots placed in two oblique rows meeting at the apex. 

 Frons yellow, with black striations. Elytra variable 

 as to length, and usually without any indication of the 

 black punctuations, so evident in ohscureMus. Abdomen 

 black, and often showing the yellow connexivum be- 

 tween the rings. 



A. piceus of Scott is a melanic variety of this male. 

 Its general colour is dirty smoky-yellow, which tint is 

 almost obliterated, however, by numerous brown punc- 

 tures and black blotches. The pronotum is rather 



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