150 BEllTTINA. 



Abdomen flat above, very convex beneath, the posterior margin of 

 the 6th segment straight. Genital segments closely joined to each 

 other, and to the last abdominal segment, the junction difficult to 

 distinguish; above, in the <? one, in the ? two (i.e. the 2nd and 3rd) 

 are visible. On the underside, in the 6V the visible segment is 

 wide, convex, caplike, the sides, posteriorly, forming two distant, 

 lobe-like processes ; in the ? the 1st of the 2 visible segments is 

 ridged in the centre and posteriorly produced, the sides retracted ; 

 the 2nd of the segments is posteriorly narrowed, cleft in the centre, 

 and ends in two lobe-like processes lying close together. 



Species 1. BERYTUS SIGNORETI. 



BEBYTUS SIGNORETI, Fieb. Wien. Eiit. Monats. iii, 204, 1 (1859) ; Em-op. 

 Hem. 210, 1 (1861). 



Ochreous. Frontal process above, straight, the end grounded. An- 

 tenna:; 1st joint, club stout, scarcely darker than the rest of the 

 joint, 3rd at apex, 4th entirely, black. Pronotum deflected to 

 the front, the posterior -J- slightly convex. Apex of the Clavus 

 and Corium and a long, pointed spot at the base of each nerve 

 of the Membrane pitchy black ; Membrane broader than the 

 Corium, posteriorly very broadly rounded. Thighs gradually 

 clavate, yellow throughout; tarsi ; 1st and 2nd joints yellow. 



Head ; frontal process moderate, above straight, the end rounded, 

 viewed sideways somewhat semi-oval ; the side processes narrow, 

 somewhat widened before the eyes. Antennae ochreous ; 1st joint, 

 club abrupt and of equal thickness throughout, a shade darker than 

 the rest of the joint ; 3rd, the extremity widened and pitchy black ; 

 4th black. Eyes red brown. Rostrum yellowish, the end piceous 

 or black. 



Thorax. Pronotmn deflected to the front, flat or a little depressed 

 on the first third, slightly widened at the hinder angles, and slightly 

 raised within them, thence deflected to the posterior margin ; the 

 disk posteriorly distinctly punctured, the keels strong and broad, 

 but not deep. Scutellum on each side of the raised centre, brown. 

 Elytra; Clavus with a pitchy -brown spot at the apex; Corium; 

 anterior margin a little and gradually curved, between the nerves 

 slightly punctate ; apex pitchy-black ; Membrane tinged with ochre- 



