160 BERYTINA. 



broad, tlieir ends obtuse, distant but slightly converging, tbc space 

 between the processes broadest and rounded at tlie base ; in the $ 

 the sides of the 2nd segment are almost straight. 



Length, 2-^— 2f lines. 



Extremely like B. minor, and perhaps not truly distinct, as a long 

 series of examples shows apparent approximation of structure. 



Not rare where it occurs. Eltham, Mickleham, and Plumstead 

 Common, in moss and at the roots of grass, &c., in spring, autumn, 

 and winter. 



Genus 2. — Neides, Latr., Fieb. 

 Long, linear. 



Head. — Orotvn horizontal, very long, quadrangular, constricted at 

 the sides about the middle, and with a slight incision across the 

 disk at the same place ; immediately behind this transverse cut (just 

 before the ocelli) two, very slight projections, between which begins 

 a process, gradually rising and widening, and then narrowed to an 

 obtuse point, which projects far over the face ; from the end the 

 process curves gradually downward towards the face, but does not 

 touch it ; the upper side is flat, or slightly furrowed down the 

 centre, and the lower side is narrow, Tlie antenniferous processes 

 very short, obtuse, and not widened laterally. Face long, narrow, 

 deflected ; the central lobe long, curved, obtusely pointed, the space 

 between it and the frontal process distinct, triangular ; the side lobes 

 very small, the cheeks large. Antennce as long as the body, fili- 

 form ; 1st joint very long, at the upper end short-clavate ; 2nd not 

 ^ so long as the 1st ; 3rd. iths as long as the 1st; 4th not so long 

 as the 2ud, thickened, fusiform, the base slender, smaller than the 

 end of the 3rd. Eyes large, round, flattened. Ocelli small, inserted 

 behind the transverse cut on the crown. Bostrum reaching the 

 2nd pair of coxpe ; 1st joint broad, 2nd narrow, in length sub- 

 equal, the 2 together as long as the head ; 3rd rather shorter, 4th 

 longer than the 2nd ; rostral channel the length of the head, wide, 

 shallow, in front with very shortly produced sides. 



Thorax. — Sides vertical ; Pronotum very long, quadrangular and 

 flat, or long-trapeziform and convex ; anterior margin concave, an- 

 terior angles scarcely produced ; side margins well defined, a very 

 little constricted close behind the anterior angles, posterior margin 

 on the sides of the thorax very oblique, above concave in the middle. 



