CCECtGENINA. 19 



FAMILY 1. METACANTHID^E. 



Head short ; Crown not produced in front ; Face vertical. Antenna 

 filiform; first joint very long, at the top short clavate ; second joint 

 not short ; fourth joint fusiform. Thorax vertically thick. Prono- 

 tum long-trapezoidal, the disk posteriorly globose. Scutellum with 

 a spine or nodule at the base. Elytra : Corium diaphanous ; Mem- 

 brane transparent. Legs very long and slender. 



Abdomen. Genital segments without posterior processes. Gen. 1, Meta- 

 canthus ; 2, Metatropis. 



FAMILY 2. BERYTIDJE. 



Head long ; Crown quadrangular, the sides lobe-like, the front pro- 

 duced into a long, vertically deep plate above the face. Antennae : 

 the first joint clavate at the top, the second joint very short, the fourth 

 joint fusiform. Eyes distant from the base of the head. Pronotum 

 long-trapezoidal, the disk with a central keel. Elytra: Corium 

 opaque, with large transverse depressions or punctures between the 

 strong nerves. 



Abdomen. Genital segments more or less with posterior processes. 

 Gen. 1, Berytuss 2, Neides. 



SECTION b.CCECIGENINA. 



Coecigena, Am. et Serv., Flor. 

 Astemmites, p., Lap. 

 Lygaeodes, p., Burm. 

 Lygaeides, p., Kolen. 

 Lygseidse, p., Westw. 

 Pyrrkocoridae, Fieb. 



Antenna 4-jointed, inserted below the eye-line. Ocelli 0. Ros- 

 trum 4-jointed, free. Elytra : Membrane with two large cells at the 

 base, whence spring several ramified nerves. Tarsi trhnerous. 



