146 BERYTINA. 



thiglis towards tlie top gradually clavate and then a little constricted ; 

 tihicB filiform; tarsi slender, 1st joint as long as the other 2 

 together. 



Abdomen long, elliptic, convex beneath ; Connexiviim broad. 

 Genital segments; in the ^, the only one visible is small and 

 rounded ; in the ? the last abdominal segment has a central hump, 

 whence a ridge proceeds to the end of the genital segments, bisecting 

 them ; of the 1st and 2nd segments, however, only the points are 

 visible at the sides of the 3rd. 



Species 1. — Metacanthus punctipes. 



Berytus punctipes, Germ. F. Ins. 7, 21 (1821?). 



Neides elegans, Curt. B. E. \v, pi. 150 (1827) ; Spin. Hem. 206, 



4 (1840). 

 Berytus annulatus, Burm. Haudb. ii, 314, 4 (1835). 

 Metacanthus elegans, Costa, Atti, 7, 258 (1847) ; Fiel). Europ. Hem. 



214 (1861). 

 Gampsocoris transilvanica, Fuss. Mitth. d. Ver. zu Hermaiinstadt, 7 



(1852). 



Dusky, ochreous. 



Head; Croiim and Face black, shining ; Antennce yellow, the 1st 

 joint with several, the 2ud with few black rings, 3rd black at the 

 base, 4th black. Fges and Ocelli dark brown. 



Thorax. — Pronotmn ; anterior margin whitish, the first 4th of the 

 disk abruptly black, shining, unpunctured, in the centre depressed, 

 and with a small yellow nodule ; the remainder of the disk shining, 

 covered with equidistant, round punctures, with a fine, raised, 

 smooth line up the centre ; all the 3 posterior nodules black ; the 

 posterior margin whitish. Scutellum ; the %'^mQ Vihxte. Elytra; in 

 the membrane a longish, light fuscous dash between the ends of the 

 2nd and 3rd nerves. Sternum black, the mesosternal spiracular 

 spine whitish, with a dark line beneath. Legs yellow with black 

 rings ; the clavate end of the thighs ochreous with a fuscous cloud ; 

 tarsi; 1st joint yelloM^ 2nd and 3rd black. 



Abdomen above black ; Connexivum yellowish. Underside dull 

 ochreous, the base black. 



Length, 2 lines. 



Common under Ononis in August and September, Folkestone ; 

 Deal ; Coasts of Devon (Stainton). 



