CCECIGENINA. VJ 



Family 1.— METACANTHID^. 



Head short ; Crown not produced in front ; Face vertical. Antennce 

 filiform; first joint very long, at the top short — elavate ; second joint 

 not short ; fourtli joint fusiform. Thorax vertically thick. Proiio- 

 tiim long-trapezoidal, the disk posteriorly globose. Scutellum with 

 a spine or nodule at the base. Elytra : Coriinii diaphanous ; Mem- 

 brane transparent. Ler/s very long and slender. 



Abdomen. — Genital segments without posterior processes. Geu. 1, Meta- 

 catithus ; 2, Metatropis. 



Family 2.— BERYTIDJ]]. 



Head long ; Crown quadrangular, the sides lobe-like, the front pro- 

 duced into a long, vertically deep plate above the face. Antennce : 

 the first joint elavate at the top, the second joint very short, the fourth 

 joint fusiform. Ft/es distant from the base of the head. Pronotum 

 long-trapezoidal, the disk with a central keel. Elytra : Cerium 

 opaque, with large transverse depressions or punctures between the 

 strong nerves. 



Abdomen. — Genital segments more or less with posterior processes. 

 Gen. 1, Berytus ; 2, Neides. 



Section 4..—C(ECIGENINA. 



Coecigena, Am. et Serv., Flor. 

 Astemmites, p., Lap. 

 Lygseodes, p., Biirm. 

 Lygaeides, p., Koleti. 

 Lygseidse, p., Westiv. 

 Pyri'liocoridse, Fleb. 



Antenna 4-joiuted, inserted below the eye-line. Ocelli 0. Bos- 

 trum 4-jointed, free. Elytra : Ilemlraue with two large cells at the 

 base, whence spring several ramified nerves. Tarsi trimerous. 



