ANTHOCORIDiE. 491 



Species 1. — Tetraphleps vittatus. 



Anthocoris vittatus, Fieb. Weit. Beitr. 108, 10, t. 2, fig. 6 (1836). 



— Bicuspis, H. Schf. Wanz. ix, 235 (1850). 



— LATULA, Flor, Rhyn. Liv. i, 653, 6 (1860). 

 ? — Germajii, Flor, Rhyn. Liv. i, 649 (1860), 



Tetraphleps vittatus, Fieb. Europ. Hem. 136 (1861). 



Black, dull. Elytra black-brown, often yellow-brown on tbe clavus 

 and anterior margin of the corium and cuneus ; nerves of the 

 ^emSrawe conspicuous, (^elliptic; ? oval. 



Head smooth. Antennce black ; 2iid joint sometimes more or less 

 yellowish in the middle. Eyes black. Ocelli red or black. Ros- 

 trum black. 



Thorax. — Pronotum delicately crenate-punctate, with very fine, 

 short, appressed, yellowish hairs. Scutellum delicately punctate, 

 posteriorly delicately crenate. Elytra black-brown or piceous ; 

 middle of the Clavus always, the apex generally, lighter ; in the ^ 

 the anterior margin, including the Cuneus, has a broad yellow stripe 

 on its entire length, being on the embolium about \ its width, and 

 on the cuneus widened considerably to its posterior margin, but 

 sometimes only the reflesed portion of the anterior margin is yel- 

 lowish ; Membrane fuscous or black, with a large whitish spot at the 

 basal exterior and interior angles ; nerves white, or black and white, 

 or black with light margins. Sternum shining, bLack or piceous ; 

 margin of the segments more or less yellowish. Legs ; coxce and 

 fulcra yellowish ; thighs with very fine, short hairs ; black, apex yel- 

 lowish ; tihice orange or red-brown, apex dusky ; tarsi brown or 

 black. 



Abdomen shining, black or red-brown, delicately crenate. 



Length, If line. 



Common on larches from July to September. 



Genus 2. — Temnostethus, Fieb. 



Head long, convex ; Face long, much narrower than the crown, a 

 little widened before the eyes ; central lobe very prominent ; side 

 lobes narrow ; cheek-plates prominent ; antenniferous processes 

 short. Antennce slender, 1st joint cylindrical, reaching almost to 



