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Abdomen — undenieath picoous, sparingly clothed with fine, depressed yellowish 

 hairs. 



Described from a single ? example taken near Baalbec in May. 



Family STIPHEOSOMID^. 



Genus Stipheosoma, Eieb. 



38.— Stipheosoma amabilis, Doug. & Scott. 



? . Nigro rubroque varia, nitida, pilis hrevihus, erectiSy dense vestita ; 



antennis piceis, articulo primo ruhro, secundo stramineo apice nigro ; cafite, 



pronoto scutelloque ruhris ; elytrorum clavo nigro ; corio nigro, mar- 



gine antico ruhro ; cuneo ruhro, apice piceo ; sterno ruhro, metastei^ni mar- 



ginihus lateralihus nigris ; pedihus mils, tihiis stramineis hasi rufis. 



Long. 2i lin, 



$ . Black and red, shining, thickly clothed with short, erect, 

 black hairs. The junctions of the corium and cuneus, and cuneus and 

 membrane, deeply notched. 



Head red. AntenncB — let joint red, 2nd yellow, apical third black, 3rd and 4th 

 piceous. Eyes black. Rostrum brownish-red, base slightly and apex piceous. 



Thorax — Pronotum red, punctured, somewhat crenate — punctate towards and at the 

 posterior margin, callosities separated by an x-shaped depression, deepest in 

 the centre. Scutellum red, convex, raised above the clavus, wrinkled trans- 

 versely. Elytra finely crenate — punctate longer than the abdomen, considerably 

 deflected from the apex of the claval suture. Clavus convex, black. Corium 

 black, anterior margin reflexed, red, broadest at the base. Cuneus red, rounded 

 at the base, leaving a notch next the corium, extreme apex piceous. Membrane 

 pitchy -black, cell nerves black, between the apex of the cuneus and the ceD 

 nerves a white vanishing streak. Sternum shining. Pro and Mesostemum red. 

 Metastemum black on the sides. Legs red, clothed with longish, depressed, 

 pale hairs. Tihice yellow, base reddish, at intervals with a few stoutish, black 

 hairs. Tarsi piceous, 1st joint yellow. Claws black. 



Abdomen — underneath black, shining, clothed with fine, erect, black hairs ; last 

 genital segment red. In certain lights the hairs have a yellowish appearance. 



A single ? example taken at Hebron in April. 



Section Eeduvina. 

 Family EMESID^. 

 Genus Emesa, Fab. 

 39.— Emesa Doheni, Doug. & Scott. 

 Supra JIavescenti-brunnea, suhtus fusco-hrunnea ; capite linea longi- 

 tudinali fusca oculis interrupta ornata ; antennis longis, pallide fuscis ; 

 pronoto linea media angustd rufo-hrunnea ; elytris dilute ochraceis,ahdomine 

 dimidio patdlo longioribus, nitidis, diaplianis.pnnctisatomisque fuscis, cellula 



