ANTHOCORID^. 495 



base convex, the middle with a large depression. Elytra; sides 

 parallel, slightly constricted at the base of the cuneus ; anterior 

 margin narrowly reflexed ; Emholium broad posteriorly, ending with 

 a slight ridge ; Cuneus very long, deflected, apex acute ; Membrane 

 with 3 almost straight, equidistant nerves. Sternum ; Mesosternum 

 long, convex, in front compressed, hindwardly obtuse, in the centre 

 a slight impressed line ; Metasternwn right angled, convex, promi- 

 nent. Legs slender ; tliighs long-fusiform ; tihice thickened to the 

 apex ; tarsi long, 3rd pair longest ; 3rd joint a trifle longer than 

 the 2nd. 



Species 1. — Anthocoris nemoeum. 



CiMEX NEMOKUM, Liii. F. S. 953 (1761) ; S. N. 499, 91 (1767). 

 AcANTHiA sYLVESTKls, Fab. E. S. iv, 76, 37 (1794) ; Wolff, Ic. Cim. 90, 



84, t. 9, fig. 84 (1802). 

 Salda — Fab. S. R. 116, 17 (1803). 



Lyg^us fasciatus, Fab. S. R. 240, 187 (1803). 

 Anthocoris NEMORUM, Fall. Hem. Suec. 66, 1(1829); 5«r»«. Handb. 



ii, 288, 1 (1835); Zett. Ins. Lap. 265, 1 



(1840); Am. et Serv. Hem. 263, 1 (1843); 



Sahib. Geoc. Fen. 75, 1 (1848); Flor, Rhyn. 



Liv. i, 651, 5 (1860); Fieb. Europ. Hera. 



138, 4 (1861). 

 Rhynarius sylvestris, Eahn, Wauz. i, 105, t. 17, fig. 56 (1831). 



Elliptic, black, shining, with very short pubescence. Antennce ; 2nd 

 and 3rd joints deep yellow, the apex of each black. Pronotum ; 

 sides narrowly margined throughout. Elytra smooth, pale 

 whitish yellow ; clavus on the inner margin, emloUum towards 

 the end, a large spot on the corimn, and the cuneus on the 

 posterior margin, piceous to black ; membrane yellowish- white, 

 posteriorly and in the centre fuscous-black. Leys yellow. 



Head smooth. Antennce finely haired, 2nd and 3rd joints deep 

 yellow ; extreme base, and apex of the 2nd, narrowly, apex of the 

 3rd broadly, piceous or black. Eyes black. Ocelli red. Mostrum 

 black, the end of the 3rd joint brown. 



Thorax. — Pronotum; sides slightly sinuate, narrowly margined 

 throughout, the margin sharp, a little widest in front ; disk ; the 

 callosity smooth, the rest finely crenate-punctate, more strongly in 



