18 BERYT1NA. 



FAMILY 4. STENOCEPHALIDJE. 



Narrow, elliptical. Head: Crown long, narrow, linear; Face, 

 short, narrow, triangular. Antenna long, filiform; second and 

 fourth joints long, subequal. Eyes small, inserted nearly in the 

 middle of the side of the head. Ocelli very small, approximate, in- 

 serted at the base of the head. Pronotum trapezoidal. 



Abdomen long, ovate ; in the ? beneath, the last segment is flattened 

 and with a ridge in the centre. Genital segments in the $ rounded pos- 

 teriorly, in the short, the last segment rounded at the sides, the pos- 

 terior margin short and emarginate. Gen. 1, Stenocephalus. 



FAMILY 5. ALYDHLE. 



Narrow, long, linear. Head : Crown broad, posteriorly con- 

 stricted ; Face long, triangular, deflected. Antennae long, slender, 

 almost filiform, the last joint longest. Eyes prominent. Ocelli 

 approximate, placed between the eyes. Legs long, hinder thighs 

 spined beneath ; tarsi, first joint longer than the other two together. 



Abdomen, Genital segments short, obtusely pointed posteriorly. Gen. 

 1, Alydus. 



SECTION S.BERYTINA. 



Berytidse, Fieb., Flor. 

 Coreodes, p., Burm. 

 Coreidae, p., Westw. 

 Supericornes, p., Am. et Serv. 

 Supericornia, p., Dallas. 



Structure elongate, narrow, slender. Antenna 4-jointed, very 

 long, slender, elbowed at the base of the second joint, inserted at 

 the front of the crown. Eyes inserted at the anterior portion of the 

 sides of the head, near the base of the antennae. Ocelli 2. Rostrum 

 4-jointed. Elytra : Corium, the nerves not furcate at the end ; Mem- 

 brane with five nerves. Legs long, slender ; thiylis clavate ; tibia 

 suddenly bent at the base ; tarsi trimerous. 



Abdomen narrow at the base. The genital segments differ in the genera 

 as stated. 



