208 Flemiptera-Heteroptera. 
(2) 1. Head and thorax dull, male subelongate, 
female with the elytra covering half the 
abdomen . . - : oe . PSELAPHIFORMIS. 
(1) 2. Head and thorax shining, male elongate, 
female with the elytra not covering the 
abdomen at all . : . . : . ELEGANTULA. 
M. pselaphiformis, Curt.— g brownish, head, pro- 
notum, and scutellum nearly black, dull; basal joint of the 
antenne not quite reaching to the apex of the head, third 
and fourth joints subequal, each about three-fourths as long 
as the second; pronotum much narrowed in front, sides 
nearly straight, not produced nor reflexed in front, so that 
the apical constriction is visible at the sides; base deeply 
sinuate, disc with a very deep transverse impression ; elytra 
brown; embolium and cuneus reddish, the base of the 
latter paler; membrane pale smoky ; legs pitchy brown. 
? brown, finely pubescent, much shorter and wider 
than the 3; head generally red at the base ; pronotum 
short, transverse, subtrapezoidal, deeply impressed across 
the centre, and strongly raised in front; scutelluam with an 
elevated ridge at the apex; elytra brown, much widened 
posteriorly, and subtruncate, leaving four abdominal seg- 
ments exposed ; abdomen much dilated posteriorly. 
L. ¢62mm.; ? 14 mm. 
On lichen-covered trees, under bark, etc., Coombe Wood, 
Woking, Bromley, Reigate, Tunbridge Wells. 
M. elegantula, Baer—Much narrower and more 
delicate than the preceding. ¢ elongate; head and pro- 
notum shining, piceous, the former more or less reddish ; 
antenne long, finely pilose; pronotum narrow, the sides 
sinuate, disc with a transverse impression, and a corre- 
sponding callosity in front of it, base widely sinuate ; 
scutellum pitchy; elytra very long and parallel-sided, pale 
fawn-coloured brown, clavus, the base of the corium and 
embolium at the apex paler, cuneus red; membrane very 
large, wider than the elytra, very pale smoky brown; legs 
testaceous, 
