34 LJ»l.v, 



METAGERRA, n. ff. 



Body oblong. Head triangular, equilateral, immersed to the eyes, 

 aud with them rather broader thau the apex of the pronotum. Ros- 

 trum reaching the middle coxse, and the 1st joint attaining the base of 

 the head. Autennje about half as long as the body, the 1st joint reach- 

 ing beyond the apex of the head. Pronotum rather broader than long, 

 slightly convex, and with a slight transverse depression before the 

 hind margin ; front margin one-third shorter than the hind margin, 

 both concave ; side margins keeled and sub-i-eflexed, nearly straight, 

 but rounded in front. Scutcllum longer than broad. Elytra with 

 abbreviated membrane (always '?). Legs mediocre ; femora (especially 

 the front pair) thickened ; front femora with one small spine and some 

 obscure tubercles near the apex below ; tibiae straight ; basal joint of 

 the hind tarsi as long as the last two joints together. Hind margin 

 of 3rd ventral segment curved forward at each side, and not reaching 

 the margin of the body. 



Allied to Rhyparochromus and Sfi/gnocoris. 



22. J/, ohscura, n. sj). 



Dull clicstiuit-brown, the two basal joints of the antennae, rostrum and legs 

 (especially the tibitB and tarsi), paler ; pronotum with a spot in the middle of the 

 front margin, the reflexed side margins, the hind angles, and some spots on the hind 

 lobe, the scutellum with a spot on each side behind the disc, whitish-brown ; rostrum 

 at the tip, pronotum with an obscure fascia within front margin, an obscure central 

 line, and a spot on each side of the centre of the hind lobe, scutellum with a central 

 band from the middle to the apex, corium with a streak in the middle of the apical 

 margin, as well as the tarsi-claws, blackish ; clavus and corium obscurely variegated 

 with paler and darker, and with dark punctures ; membrane fuscous, with pale 

 streaks. Antennae with the 1st joint thickened upwards, the 2nd more slender but also 

 thickened upwards, the 3rd and 4th stoutish and fusiform ; pronotum with the hind 

 lobe very short and remotely punctured, hind angles truncate, hind margin concave 

 in front of the scutellum ; scutellum punctured ; elytra with rows of punctures, the 

 clavus with three rows ; membrane very short, leaving nearly one-quarter of the 

 abdomen uncovered. tJ $ . Length, 3^ mm. ; breadth, 1^ mm. 



Two specimens taken by Mr. Wakefield. Doubtless a macro - 

 pterous form occurs. 



{To be continued.) 



OrthotyU ni'dh green cell-nerves. — Being about to describe the Cyllecoraria of 

 Europe, I beg the British Entomologists to collect during this summer especially 

 specimens of the many OrthotyU which occur in their country. These species are 

 not yet sufficiently elucidated, and it is necessary to compare many individuals of 

 both sexes before we can surely characterize them. I shall be very much obliged to 

 the Hemipterists who will have the kindness to communicate to me specimens of 

 the above named species, with information relative to the trees on which they live. — 

 O. M. Reutee, Helsingfors : June Itk, 1878. 



