486 ANTHOCORINA. 



Genus 2. — Zygonotus, Fieb. 



$ Long, narrow, subelliptic, sides behind the pronotum, parallel. 

 ? Short, Head and tliorax very narrow, aldotnen broader than 

 long, transversely oval. 



Mead long, narrow ; Crown convex, widened behind the eyes ; 

 Face long, horizontal, cylindrical, narrower than the crown, the 

 lobes well defined ; central lobe broadest ; side lobes as long as the 

 middle lobe, parallel. Antennce filiform; 1st joint, not thickened, 

 reaching to the end of the face; 2nd a little thickened to the 

 apex, in the ^ nearly as long as the 3rd and 4th together, in the $ 

 not so long ; 3rd and 4th in length subequal. Hyes abruptly pro- 

 minent in front ; the orbit from above, straight. Ocelli ; in the ^ 

 conspicuous, in the ? very small. Bostrum reaching to the 2nd 

 pair of coxae, slender ; 2nd joint longer than the 3rd ; 4th about 

 f rds the length of the 2nd, curved. 



Thorax. — Pronotum trapeziform (in the $ much narrower poste- 

 riorly than in the ^); front very narrow, constricted; anterior 

 margin with an iuci'assated annulus. Scutellum triangular. Elytra ; 

 (J, — Claims broad, widest posteriorly, deflected to the corium ; 

 claval suture depressed ; Corium ; anterior margin nearly straight, 

 incrassated, slightly constricted at the base of the cuneus ; EmhoUum 

 long, deeply sulcate ; disk slightly convex as far as the cuneus ; 

 Cuneus long, triangular ; Memhrane broad, rounded ; basal cell 

 large, witli 3 short divergent nerves, and one straight, short nerve 

 near the inner basal angle of the membrane. Elytra ; $ , — without 

 clavus and membrane, either not covering the abdomen, or merely 

 rudimentary. Wings wanting. Sternum ; Mesosternum posteriorly 

 convex, in front compressed; Metasternum compressed and de- 

 pressed. Leys long ; tihicB slender, slightly widened to the apex ; 

 3rd pair slightly curved ; tarsi long, slender ; 1st joint very short. 



Abdomen ; ^ long, pointed ; $ short, transversely oval, convex 

 Connexivum very narrow. 



