66 Flemiptera-Fleteroptera. 
posteriorly in a black tubercle ; scutellar spine pale, mem- 
brane hyaline ; abdomen ochreous, legs annulated with black. 
L. 4-5 mm. 
On Ononis, Reigate; Hayling I.; Fairlight, Deal, 
Butler ; Headley Lane, Cardiff, Billups ; Glanvilles Woot- 
ton, Lulworth, Dale; Whitsand Bay, J. J. Walker ; Fresh- 
water Bay, Pembrokeshire, Braunton Burrows, Devon, 
Marshall; Barmouth and Isle of Man, Blutch. 
METATROPIS, Fieb. 
Head with a transverse channel between the eyes, vertex 
in front of it slightly raised; antennz very long and 
delicate, first joint clavate at the apex, the second shorter 
than the third, apical jot many times longer than wide; pro- 
notum much raised posteriorly and trituberculate ; scutellam 
simple, with a slightly raised central keel; membrane very 
large ; legs very long and delicate, femora clavate ; orifice 
of the odoriferous sac simple. Of this genus there is only 
one species. 
M. rufescens, H. Schf.—Hlongate, testaceous, punc- 
tured ; antennz paler, first and second joints ringed with 
black, and the club of the first joint with a black band ; fourth 
joint black, its apex pale ; pronotum much raised posteriorly, 
with a strone central keel terminating posteriorly in an 
oblong tubercle, posterior angles raised and tuberculated ; 
scutellum with a raised central keel; clavus very short, 
apical margin of the corium very long; membrane 
very large, slightly smoky ; abdomen reddish testaceous 
beneath with the base darker ; the thorax and head beneath 
are black; legs pale ochreous spotted with black, clubs of 
the femora with a broad brown or black band. 
L. 9-10 mm. 
Rare, on Cirewa lutetiana. Portsmouth, Monereaf; 
Glanvilles Wootton, C. W. Dale ; New Forest, by sweeping 
fern, Marshall. 
Mr. Moncreaff, E. M. M. viii. 136, states that he found 
