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136 Mr. E. Saunders’ Synopsis of 
front and the hind angles black, and with a brown tubercle 
just above the scutellum. Scutellum with an elongate 
curved spine at its base. Membrane very large and hya- 
line. Legs and antennz very thin and long, banded with 
brown. Apical joints of latter black. 
Length 2—23 lines. 
Common on Ononis. 
BERYTUS. 
I, Membrane as wide or wider than the corium. 
A, Apex of Ist joint of antennx not black, 
although darkened. 
a. Membrane largely rounded oe +» montivagus. 
b. Membrane narrowly rounded... os PYGMeUs. 
AA. Apex of Ist joint of antenne black .. «» cognatus. 
II. Membrane narrower than the corium. 
A. Club of Ist joint of antenne scarcely darkened clavipes. 
AA. Club of 1st joint of antenne black, ornearly so, 
a. Thighs much thickened and black at the 
apex Ns re : -+ crassipes. 
b. Thighs not monieh tniekened! aneny at apex minor. 
1. montivagus, May. 
Elongate, ochreous, widest at the membrane, which is 
irrecularly and clearly marked with dark brown. Thorax 
punctured, finely in front, coarsely behind, with the sides 
and dorsal line strongly “carinated.. The lateral carinze 
are not so strong as in the other species. Apex of corium 
black. Antennz and legs long, the apex of Ist joint of 
the former thickened and brown; apex of the others brown; 
terminal joint black, club-shaped and hairy. 
Length 3—34 lines. 
Not uncommon in moss, &e. 
2. pygmeus, Reut. 
Signoreti, Dougl. & Scott. 
Elongate, ochreous, membrane not wider than the 
corium across the middle, but very nearly of the same 
width. Process between the eyes produced and poimted 
in front. Thorax narrower than in the preceding, very 
flat from a sideways view, with the dorsal line and sides 
carinated ; apex of corium brown ; membrane with very 
slight brown markings; club of the 1st joint of antennze 
hardly darkened; knees pale. 
Length 24 L lines. 
In moss; widely distributed, but not common. 
