J 50 BEUTTINA. 



Abdomen flat above, very convex beneath, the posterior margin of 

 the 6th segment straight. Genital set/menfs closely joined to each 

 other, and to the last abdominal segment, the junction difficnlt to 

 distinguish ; above, in the ^ one, in the ? two (i. e. the 2nd and 3rd) 

 are visible. On the underside, in the ^, the visible segment is 

 wide, convex, caplike, the sides, posteriorly, forming two distant, 

 lobe-like processes ; in the $ the 1st of the 2 visible segments is 

 ridged in the centre and. posteriorly produced, the sides retracted ; 

 the 2nd of the segments is posteriorly narrowed, cleft in the centre, 

 and ends in two lobe-like processes lyiug close together. 



Species 1. — Berytus Signoreti. 



Berytus Signoreti, Fieb. Wien. Eiit. Monats. iii, 201,1 (1S59) ; Europ. 

 Hem. 210, 1 (1861). 



Ochreous. Frontal process above, straight, the end rounded. An- 

 tennce ; 1st joint, club stout, scarcely darker than the rest of the 

 joint, 3rd at apex, 4th entirely, black. Fronotum deflected to 

 the front, the posterior | slightly convex. ^:i_Apex of the Clavus 

 and Corium and a long, pointed spot at the base of each nerve 

 of the Memhrane pitchy black ; Memhrane broader than the 

 Corkim, posteriorly very broadly rounded. Thir/hs gradually 

 clavate, yellow throughout; tarsi ; 1st and 2ud joints yellow. 



Head ; frontal process moderate, above straight, the end rounded, 

 viewed sideways somewhat semi-oval ; the side processes narrow, 

 somewhat widened before the eyes. Antennce ochreous ; 1st joint, 

 club abrupt and of equal thickness throughout, a shade darker than 

 the rest of the joint ; 3rd, the extremity widened and pitchy black ; 

 4th black. Eyes red brown. Bostrutn yellowish, the end piceous 

 or black. 



Thorax. — Fronotum deflected to the front, flat or a little depressed 

 on the first third, slightly widened at the hinder angles, and slightly 

 raised within them, thence deflected to the posterior margin ; the 

 disk posteriorly distinctly punctured, the keels strong and broad, 

 but not deep. Scutellum on each side of the raised centre, brown. 

 Elytra; Clavus with a pitchy-brown spot at the apex; Corium; 

 anterior margin a little and gradually curved, between the nerves 

 slightly punctate ; apex pitchy-black ; Memhrane tinged with ochre- 



