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margin sinuated, with the humeral angles prominent, oblique, and 

 a little rounded ; the pro- and mesopleura piceous, with the 

 sternum and coxal pieces paler. Legs pale testaceous. Base of 

 scutellum transversely elevated, the surface behind this depressed, 

 dull testaceous, with the tip almost acuminate. Hemelytra long, 

 closely pale pubescent, dull yellowish, with the apex and inner 

 margin dusky, the costal margin almost straight, and the basal 

 margin of the cuneus bounded by a pale line ; membrane dusky, a 

 little paler at base. Venter fulvo-testaceous, distinctly pubescent, 

 ovate, with the ovipositor piceous. 



Length to tip of venter l|-2 mm. ; width of pronotutn | mm. 



Numerous specimens were collected at several points, such as 

 Balthazar, August 8, at an elevation of 250 feet above the sea, 

 in open fields, in piles of decaying weeds ; at Chantilly, August 5, 

 at an altitude of 500 feet above tide, on open hdlsides, from piles 

 of decaying weeds and rubbish ; from Grand Etang, September 12, 

 15, on piles of weeds ; and from the Mount Gay estate likewise 

 on weeds and waste from stable. 



3. Lasiochilus fraterntts, sp. nov. 



Form similar to the preceding, but more robust, closely 

 resembling L. fusculus, Beuter, smaller, and with a shorter 

 pronotum, &c. Colour fusco-piceous, paler beneath, with pale 

 testaceous legs and rostrum. Head a little shorter than in L. 

 fusculus, rufo-piceous before the line of the eyes, polished, a little 

 shorter than the pronotum ; a curved impressed line across the 

 vertex, the eyes extending a little wider than the front of pro- 

 notum ; antennae stout, f usco-testaceous, the second joint gradually 

 thickening towards the tip, a little longer than the pronotum, the 

 two apical joints paler, conspicuously pubescent ; rostrum reaching 

 to the anterior coxse, the basal joint stout and extending to the 

 middle of the eye. Pronotum trapezoidal, wider than long, 

 polished, transversely wrinkled, a little scabrous on the posterior 

 lobe, punctate on the sides, the lateral margin bluntly rounded off, 

 hardly sinuated, set with erect bristles, the apical border a little 

 reflexed, the posterior margin moderately sinuated, with the 

 humeral angles subacute and a little produced. Sternum, pleural 

 pieces, and disk of venter more or less dark piceous, the deflexed 

 margin of the pronotum placed inferior ly, sharply defined, growing 

 much thicker anteriorly. Scutellum deeply depressed, a little 

 scabrous, pubescent. Hemelytra dull fusco-piceous, minutely 

 pubescent, more or less dull testaceous at base and along the length 

 of the clavus ; membrane long, pale fuliginous, paler at base. 



Length to tip of venter 2 mm. ; width of pronotum g mm. 



Some specimens have a faint pale dot on the middle at base of 

 cuneus. This species lacks the indentation on the middle of 

 pronotum. Specimens were collected at Balthazar, March 12, 

 at an elevation of 300 feet, on dry hillsides, amongst second- 

 growth woods, under piles of decaying weeds, and at the same 

 place August 7, 8, 10-15 ; on the Mount Gay estate, August 20- 



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