104 Mr. James Edwards' S)pwj)sis of 



XI. BYTHOSCOPIDiE. 

 Forehead obtuse. Crown short and very wide. OceUi on the 

 upper part of the frons much below its upper margin. Face 

 dilated, frous and clypeus somewhat convex. Cubital nerves forked, 

 the inner one joined to the brachial by a transverse nerve. Front 

 tibiae without spines on the outer side. 



Table of Genera. 



1 (6). Antoima; inserted in a deep cavity beneath a 



lodge. 



2 (5). Striation of pronotum transverse. 



3 (4). Side margins of pronotum sharply keeled, of 



moderate length . . . . . . . . i. Macropsis. 



4 (3). Side margins of pronotum not sharply keeled, 



very short . . . . . . . . . . ii. BYTnoscorus. 



5 (2). Striation of pronotum running obliquely from , 



the middle of its front margin towards its 



hinder angles . . . . . . . . . . iii. Pediopsis. 



G (1). AntennaB inserted in a feeble cavity, their base 

 free. 



7 (8). Head with the eyes wider than the elytra at the 



base. Membrane with an appendix . . iv. Idiocerus 



8 (7). Head with the eyes as wide as the elytra at the 



base. No appendix to the membrane . . v. Agallia. 



i. Macropsis, Lewis. (PI. II., fig. 2). 

 Lewis, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., i., 59 (1836). 



Crown with the eyes not wider than the pronotum. Frontal 

 suture not reaching the base of the antennae. Pronotum finely 

 transversely striate. Elytra subcoriaceous, deeply punctured. 



Elytra finely punctured with black . . . . 1. microcephala. 



Punctuation of elytra concolorous . . . . 2. lunio. 



1. Macropsis microcephala, H.-S. 



Bijthoscopus microcephalus, H.-Schiiff., Faun. Germ., 



1G4, 8. 

 Batracomorphus irroratns, Lewis, Trans. Ent. Soc. 



Lond., i., 51, pi. 7, fig. 5. 

 Jassus punctidat'us, Forel, Bull. Soc. Vaud., v., 253, 



pi. 2. 

 Macropsis jmnctuosus, Kirschb., Cicad., 168, 2. 

 M. microcephala, Fieb., Eur. Bythosc, 450, 1 ; Scott, 



Ent. Mo. Mag., x., 22, 1. 



Very pale bluish green, elytra with a fine black punctuation, 



