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142. Rhyparochromus lateralis. 
Dieuches lateralis, Sgnt. Maill. Notes lie Reunion , Ins. 29 — Beosus 
lateralis, Stal, Hem. Afr.W. 171. 
Bourbon. 
143. Rhyparochromus annulatus. 
annulatus, Sgnt. A. S. E. F. 3me Ser. viii. 949 — Beosus annulatus, Stal, 
Hem. Afr. ii. 169. 
Madagascar. 
144. Rhyparochromus raptorius. 
raptorius, Sgnt. A. S. E. F. 3 me Ser. viii. 950. 
Madagascar. 
145. Rhyparochromus transversus. 
transversus, Sgnt. A. S. E. F. 3 me Ser. viii. 950 — Beosus 'transversus , 
Slat, Hem. Afr. ii. 167. 
Madagascar. 
146. Rhyparochromus semidolens. 
semidolens, Walk. Zool. 2nd Ser. 2378. 
Harkeko, Africa, near the Red Sea. 
147. Rhyparochromus circumcinctus. 
Mas. Niger, long i-fus if or mis, fere planus ; rostrum testaceum, 
coxas medias attingens ; antenna: corporis dimidio longiores ; 
prothorax Jlavescenle marginalus ; abdomen flavo bimaculatum ; 
venter Jlavo unimaculatus; pedes picei, femoribus qualuor posteriori- 
bus basi flavis ; corium abbrevialum, costa testacea. Var. (3 . — 
Piceus, capite antennisque fulvis, harum arliculo 1 o piceo; pedes 
fulvi. 
Male. Black, shiniug, elongate-fusiform, rather Bat, very finely 
punctured. Head conical, as broad as the fore border of the prothorax. 
Eyes piceous, slightly prominent. Rostrum testaceous, extending to the 
middle coxae. Antennae slender, more than half the length of the body; 
first joint very short; third -shorter than the second ; fourth a little longer 
than the second. Prothorax quadrate, a little narrower in front, bordered 
with pale yellow. Abdomen with a yellow spot on each side above and 
with a yellow spot in the disk beneath. Legs piceous, slender ; four 
posterior femora yellow at the base; fore femora incrassated, spinulose 
beneath. Wings abbreviated ; corium with a testaceous costa. Var. (3 . — 
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