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BERYTINA. 



Head brown-ochreous, very finely punctured ; frontal process 

 straight on the upper surface, rounded at the end, viewed sideways 

 half-oval ; the side processes strong, convex, widened a little at the 

 end, above whitish. Antenna reddish-ochreous ; the club of the 1st 

 joint stout, abrupt, entirely or only on the sides fuscous brown ; 

 2nd at the apex fuscous brown ; 3rd with the apex narrowly and 

 suddenly black ; 4th long fusiform, scarcely so thick as the club of the 

 1st, black. Eyes brown. Underside red-brown. Rostrum piceous. 

 Thorax. Sides deeply punctured, ochreous, the margin next the 

 sternum broadly black-brown ; pronotum slightly deflected to the 

 front, at the anterior angles slightly compressed, at the hinder angles 

 a little and roundly widened, hind war dly on the posterior margin, 

 narrower ; posterior margin slightly concave ; the disk transversely 

 convex, in the centre (including the central keel) slightly depressed, 

 within the hinder angles much and roundly raised, the anterior 

 half finely, the posterior half strongly punctured, and with a large, 

 dusky cloud. In some examples this cloud becomes a distinct spot, in 

 others it is quite wanting. The keels are white. Scutellum dark ochre- 

 ous, sometimes with a black margin, the centre strongly raised, pale 

 ochreous. Elytra shining ; Clavus ochreous, the apex brown ; Corium 

 ochreous, anterior margin slightly curved, with a dark shade near the 

 apex, which has a long, piceous spot, and one or two dots above it, 

 between the nerves ; posterior margin with a very delicate brown 

 line; Membrane diaphanous, much broader than the corium, the 

 apex very broadly rounded ; the nerves, especially the 4th, much 

 bent at the base, the 4th united to the 5th, forming a cell at the 

 base, but again diverging ; on the base of each nerve a very small, 

 light-brown dot ; between the 2nd and 3rd, and 3rd and 4th nerves, 

 a long, interrupted, brown streak, very broad at its exit on the pos- 

 terior margin ; at the base, within the curve between the 3rd and 4th 

 nerves a large black-brown spot, and another longer spot between 

 the 4th and 5th nerves, beyond the cell ; the 4th and 5th nerves on 

 the base brown. These markings vary in depth of colour, and are 

 always paler in the $ than in the $ . Sternum crenate-punctate, 

 black or dark-brown, with fine, short whitish hairs. Legs ochreous ; 

 fhiglis long-clavate, the club in the first 2 pairs dusky ochreous on 

 the sides, in the last pair fuscous brown (rarely blackish) with the 

 apex paler ; tibiae with the extreme end brownish ; tarsi ; 1st joint 

 yellow, 2nd and 3rd black, tlie second sometimes piceous. 



