148 BERYTINA. 



convex. Genital segments in both sexes rounded posteriorly without 

 processes. 



Species 2. — Metatropis rufescens. 



Berytus rufescens, H. Schf. Norn. Ent. i, 43, (1835) ; Panz. E. G. 

 135, 8. 

 — ELEGAXs, Burm. Handb. ii, 313, 3 (1835.) 

 Neides Sieberi {De Cristofori), Spin. Hem. 20G, 3 (1840). 

 Berytus annulatus, Gorsk. Anal. 141 (1852). 



Metatropis rtjeescens, Fleb. Wien. Ent. Monats. iii. 207 (1859) ; 

 Europ. Hem. 213 (1861) ; Scott, Ent. Ann. 

 156, fig. 6, (1862). 

 Berytus (Berytus) rufescens, Flor, Rhyn. Liv. i, 208, 4 (ISGO). 



Light brown, shining. 



Head paler, beneath black. Antennce yellow ; the 1st joint with 

 many black dots, the club, except at its point, piceous ; the 3rd 

 joint with distant, very fine hairs ; the 4th joint black, the apex brown. 

 JSi/es black. Ocelli red shining. Hostrum pale. 



Thorax. — Pronotum (except on the central ridge) in the middle 

 with a large black spot, which at the front is straight, at the sides 

 does not quite touch the margin, and hindwardly is intersected by a 

 dash of the ground colour. Scutellum diaphanous, except the 

 nodule, which is brown. Ehjtra ; Corium diaphanous, smooth, the 

 nerves reddish brown ; Membrane light brown, transparent, glossy, 

 the nerves opaque. Stermim, in the centre, black. Legs pale yellow 

 with black dots ; thighs with the club brown, except at the apex ; 

 tibia with the lower end brown, the dots closer and finer than on the 

 thighs ; tarsi ; 1st joint yellow, 2nd and 3rd piceous. 



Abdomen ; the base black, the remainder reddish-brown ; Co)i- 

 nexivum pale. Underside dark brown, the segments with paler 

 margins. 



Length, 4 — 4^ lines. 



Hitherto rare in England, only a single specimen having been 

 captured. It was taken by Mr. "Wollaston near Pangbouru. 



