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hind pairs and whole of front thighs, apex of all the tibiz, 
and the tarsi, brown. Beneath brown. 
Length 6 lines. 
Not uncommon; in profusion near Dawlish in Sept. 
1871. 
2. neglectus, H.-Scff. Fig. H.-Scff. Wanz. Ins. i. 
fig. 272. 
Extremely like the preceding, but narrower and more 
parallel; 2nd joint of antennz without a band in the 
middle. 
Length 6 lines. 
Rare; coast of Devonshire. 
Although this is generally admitted as a species, I can 
hardly believe it to be distinct. 
BERY TID. 
I. Forehead not produced between the antenne into a 
long narrow point. 
a. Apical joint of antenne as long as the 2nd 
joint or nearly so sc aie . Metatropis. 
b. Apical joint of antennz not nearly so long 
asthe 2nd .. a6 Se “se .. Metacanthus. 
II. Forehead produced between the antennz into a long 
narrow point. 
a. 2nd joint of antenne not so long as the 
apical club .. Ac . . Berytus. 
b. 2nd joint of antennze much longer than 
apical club .. oe ee oe .. Neides. 
METATROPIS. 
1. rufescens, H.-Scff. Fig. Dougl. & Scott, Brit. Hem. 
pl. v. fig. 2. 
Rufescent, punctured. Thorax much raised posteriorly, 
with the sides and dorsal line strongly carinated. Legs 
and antenne very long and fine, paler than the body, sub- 
transparent, irregularly spotted with brown and with a 
wide brown band just below the apex of each femur. An- 
tennze with its apical joints, and a band near the apex of 
the 1st joint, brown. . 
Length 4 lines. 
Rare; Southsea; Pangbourn. 
METACANTHUS. 
1, punctipes, Germ. Fig. Dougl. & Scott, Brit. Hem. 
pl. 5, fig. 8. 
Pale ochreous. Head black. Thorax with a band in 
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