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Abdomen above black or fuscous. Underside finely punctate, 

 ochreous-brown, with a pale line in the centre, and a dark brown 

 one on each side, the central line and the margins of the segments 

 smooth ; the $ paler than the < . Genital segments beneath ; in 

 the < the processes are not prolonged posteriorly, but are curved 

 round ; in the ? the processes form a triangular, convex point, in 

 the least degree constricted before the rounded apex, which is almost 

 imperceptibly notched. 



Length, 3 lines. 



Portmarnock (Wollaston) ; Sanderstead in moss, in March 

 (Douglas) ; Folkestone, not rare, at roots of grass, in September 

 (Scott) ; Charlton, under broom bushes ; Coast of North Devon, in 

 October (Stainton). 



Species 3. BERYTUS COGNATUS. 



BERYTUS COGNATUS, Fieb. Wien. Ent. Monats. iii, 205, 4 (1859) ; 

 Europ. Hem. 210, 4 (1861). 



Ochreous. Head ; frontal process seen from above linear, from the 

 side semicircular ; rostral channel nearly obsolete. Antennae ; 

 club of 1st joint black. Pronotum much deflected to the front, 

 convex, keels white, the middle one deepest. Elytra ending in 

 an obtuse point ; Membrane with 3 long, entire, black streaks 

 between the middle nerves, the first 2 broad, the 3rd narrow. 

 Club of the thighs gradual, black at the sides. Processes of the 

 genital seyment, in the , short, parallel. 



Head ochreous-brown ; frontal process seen from above almost 

 linear, convex, compressed at the point, with fine downy hairs; 

 seen from the side semicircular, slightly separated from the face ; 

 side processes deflected, parallel, somewhat stouter towards the 

 ocelli. Antennae yellow ; 1st joint, club rather abrupt, black ; 2nd, 

 with a slight brown ring at the extreme apex ; 3rd, black at the 

 apex ; 4th, black, hairy. Eyes brown. Ocelli ochreous. Rostrum 

 black ; rostral channel scarcely perceptible. 



Thorax. Pronotum dull, much deflected from back to front ; first 

 3rd ochreous-brown, nearly flat, finely punctured ; the remainder 

 pale ochreous, tinged with dusky, transversely very convex, and 

 roundly deflected to the posterior margin, the punctures distinct, 



