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black, with a darker triangular patch next the anterior margin extending to 

 the apex ; inner marginal and cell nerves black ; apex of the large cell with a 

 pale margin, below which, is a short, transverse, dark streak ; between the apex 

 of the cell nerves and the anterior margin a pale blotch divided by a transverse 

 pitchy-black line, reaching the latter a little below the apex of the cunens. 

 Sternum pitchy-red. Legs brown-red. Fidcra piceous. Thighs piceous at the 

 apex. TiUcB dusky yellow, with short, somewhat spinose, black hairs ; base 

 and apex of all the pairs piceous. Tarsi and claws piceous. 

 Abdomen underneath yellow, clothed with fine, pale hairs, genital segments black. 



Nearly allied to Z). sexguttatus, Fab., to which it bears a great 

 resemblance. 



The above description has been drawn up from a single ^ specimen 

 taken in the plains of Jordan by sweeping low plants in April. 



Genus Getpocoeis, Doug. & Scott. 



Gor'pus elongatum. Caput, oculis inclusis, triangulare, loho medio 

 longOt ante clypetm convexim valde producto. Antennce corporis longitu- 

 dine, articulo secundo clavato,primo trijjlo longiore. Rostrum inter coxas 

 jposticas extensum. Pronotum elongatum, collari angusto, callisque duohus 

 instructum, laterihus antice constrictis, angulis posticis acutis, elevatis. 

 Scutellum triangulare, sul- equilateral e. Elytra maris ahdomine longiora. 

 Fedes postici longissimi,tarsorum posticorum articulo ultimo longissimo. 



Elongate, sides narrowing posteriorly. 



Mead, including the eyes, triangular, measured through their centre 

 almost equilateral. Crown flattish convex. Clgpeus very convex, 

 apex in a line with the base of the anteiinse; antenniferous pro- 

 cesses short, in a line with the centre of the lower half of the eyes. 

 Face, central lobe long, very prominent, projecting considerably 

 in front of the clypeus, convex, base acutely rounded, side lobes 

 longish, rounded outwardly. Antennce as long as the body, 1st 

 joint cylindrical, shorter than the pronotum, slightly curved out- 

 wardly, rounded and narrowed at the base on the inside ; 2nd three . 

 times as long as the 1st, slightly thickened towards the apex ; 3rd 

 and 4th filiform ; 3rd two-thirds the length of the 2nd, 4tli more 

 than one-half the length of the 3rd. Uges somewhat prominent, 

 viewed from above semi-oval, from the side oval. Rostrum reaching 

 to the 3rd pair of coxae, 1st joint stout, almost reaching to the 

 xyphus of the prosternum. 



TJiorax — Rronotum longish, as wide on the posterior margin, as long, 

 with a narrow collar and two callosities, sides constricted in front to 

 behind the latter, then gently sinuate to the acute, raised hinder an- 



