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black, with a darker triangular patch next the anterior margin exte^ig, 
the apex ; inner marginal and cell nerves black ; apex of the large cell wij 
pale margin, below which, is a short, transverse, dark streak ; between the i 
of the cell nerves and the anterior margin a pale blotch divided by atransv. 
pitchy-black line, reaching the latter a httle below the apex of the cun! 
Sternum pitchy-red. Legs brown-red. Fulcra piceons. Thighs piceous at: 
apex. Tibiw dusky yellow, with short, somewhat spinose, black hairs j tj 
and apex of all the pairs piceous. Ta/rsi and claws piceous. 
Abdomen underneath yellow, clothed with fine, pale hairs, genital segments blac 
Nearly allied to D. sexguttatus, Fab., to whieh it bears a [ 
resemblance. 
The above description has been drawn up from a single ^ speci^Dj 
taken in the plains of Jordan by sweeping low plants in April. 
Genus Geypocoeis, Doug. & Scott. 
Corpus elongatum. Caput, oculis inclusis, triangulare, lolo mei 
longo, ante clypewm convexum valde producto. Antennce corporis longU 
dine, articulo secundo clavato,primo triplo longiore. Rostrum inter cox 
posticas extensum. Pronotum elongatum, collari angusto, callisque duob 
instructum, laterihus antice constrictis, angulis posticis acutis, elevat 
Scutellum triangulare, suh-equilaterale. Elytra onaris aldomine longior 
Pedes postici longissimi,tarsorum posticorum articulo ultimo longissimo. 
Elongate, sides narrowing posteriorly. i 
Head, including the eyes, triangular, measured through their cenij 
almost equilateral. Crown flattish convex. Clypeus very conve 
apex in a line with the base of the antennse; antenniferous pr( 
cesses short, in a line with the centre of the lower half of the eye 
Eace, central lobe long, very prominent, projecting considerab] 
in front of the clypeus, convex, base acutely rounded, side lob 
longish, rounded outwardly. Antennae as long as the body, U 
joint cylindrical, shorter than the pronotum, slightly curved ol 
wardly, rounded and narrowed at the base on the inside ; 2ud th J 
times as long as the 1st, slightly thickened towards the apex ; 3r( 
and 4th filiform ; 3rd two-thirds the length of the 2nd, 4th mor( 
than one-half the length of the 3rd. Eyes somewhat prominent 
viewed from above semi-oval, from the side oval. Bostrum reaching 
to the 3rd pair of coxae, 1st joint stout, almost reaching to the 
xyphus of the prosternum. 
Thorax — Pronotum 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- 
