493 ANTIIOCORINA. 



the end of the face ; 2nd 2^ times longer than the 1st, slightly 

 thickened to the ^pex ; 3rd and 4th long-fusiform, very slender at 

 the base ; 3rd about i the length of the 2nd ; 4th rather shorter and 

 thicker than the 3rd. J^^es semi-oval, not very prominent, not very 

 far removed from the base of the head. Ocelli large, prominent, 

 distant, inserted close to the eyes. Bostnmi reaching to the middle 

 of the metasternum ; basal joint \ the length of the 2nd. 



Thorax. — Pronotum trapeziform ; anterior margin constricted into 

 a narrow, flat ring; anterior angles, depressed, rounded; sides 

 slightly curved or sinuate, the margins very narrow, reflexed on the 

 anterior half ; hinder a,ngle3 rather obtuse ; posterior margin twice 

 as long as the anterior, concave ; disk convex, before the middle a 

 transverse, convex callosity, not reaching to the sides, with a depres- 

 sion behind it. Scutellum large, triangular ; base convex, the middle 

 depressed, apex acute. Elytra ; Glavus broad, slightly convex, 

 deflected outwards ; claval suture much depressed ; Corivm slightly 

 convex ; anterior margin much reflexed, nearly straight to the end of 

 the embolium, then slightly constricted ; EmhoUum broad, the end 

 prominent, and with a slight ridge ; Cuneus broad, triangular, de- 

 flected, outer margin slightly rounded, apex acute ; 3Iemhrane with 

 4 nerves, 3 of them equidistant, the 4th close to the 3rd. Sternum ; 

 Mesosternum convex hindwardly, reversed-trapeziform ; in front 

 compressed to a short point ; Metasternum short, subcordate. Legs ; 

 thighs long-fusiform ; tibice very slightly thickened to the apex ; 

 tarsi; 3rd pair slightly longest ; 3rd joint longer than the 2nd. 



Fieber says of this genus : " In appearance an Anthocoris, but 

 easy to distinguish by the long rostrum and its long- basal joint, and 

 by the difierent structure of the sternum. '^' 



J^pecies 1. — Temnostethus lucorum. 



Anthocoris lucorum, Fall. Hem. Suec. 67, 3 (1829) ; Flor, Rliyn. Liv. 

 i, 648, 3 (1861). 

 — HELVETICUS, Dohrn, Stett. Ent. Zeit. xxi, 162, t. 1, fig. 3 



(1860). 

 Temnostethus luteus, Fleb. Wien. Ent. Mon. 269 (1860). 

 — LUCORUM, Fieb. Europ. Hem. 136, 2 (1861). 



Black, slightly shining, with sliort yellowisli hairs ; clavus and 

 corium unicolorous,' light-browu ; menihrano dull yellowish, 

 clear of markings. 



