146 BERYTINA. 



thiglis towards the top gradually clavate and then a little constricted ; 

 tibia filiform; tarsi slender, 1st joint as long as the other 2 

 together. 



Abdomen long, elliptic, convex beneath ; Connexivum broad. 

 G-enital segments; in the <, the only one visible is small and 

 rounded ; in the ? the last abdominal segment has a central hump, 

 whence a ridge proceeds to the end of the genital segments, bisecting 

 them ; of the 1st and 2nd segments, however, only the points are 

 visible at the sides of the 3rd. 



Species 1. METACANTHUS PUNCTIPES. 



BERYTUS PUNCTIPES, Germ. F. Ins. 7, 21 (1821?). 



NEIDES ELEGANS, Curt. B. E. iv, pi. 150 (1827) ; Spin. Hem. 206, 



4 (1840). 



BERYTUS ANNULATUS, Burm. Handb. ii, 314, 4 (1835). 

 METACANTHUS ELEGANS, Costa, Atti, 7, 258(1847); Fieb. Europ. Hem. 



211(1861). 



GAMPSOCORIS TRANSILVANICA, Fuss. Mitth. d. Ver. zu Hermannstadt, 7 



(1852). 



Dusky, ochreous. 



Head; Crown and Face black, shining ; Antenna yellow, the 1st 

 joint with several, the 2nd with few black rings, 3rd black at the 

 base, 4th black. Eyes and Ocelli dark brown. 



Thorax. Pronotum ; anterior margin whitish, the first 4th of the 

 disk abruptly black, shining, unpunctured, in the centre depressed, 

 and with a small yellow nodule ; the remainder of the disk shining, 

 covered with equidistant, round punctures, with a fine, raised, 

 smooth line up the centre ; all the 3 posterior nodules black ; the 

 posterior margin whitish. Scutellum ; the spine white. Elytra; in 

 the membrane a longish, light fuscous dash between the ends of the 

 2nd and 3rd nerves. Sternum black, the mesosternal spiracular 

 spine whitish, with a dark line beneath. Legs yellow with black 

 rings ; the clavate end of the thighs ochreous with a fuscous cloud ; 

 tarsi; 1st joint yellow, 2nd and 3rd black. 



Abdomen above black ; Connexivum yellowish. Underside dull 

 ochreous, the base black. 



Length, 2 lines. 



Common under Ononis in August and September, Folkestone; 

 Deal ; Coasts of Devon (Stainton). 



