154 BERYTINA. 



large, round, shining ; keels white, strong, rising in the same 

 curve as the disk, the middle one deepest, the side ones merg- 

 ing into the slight callosity at the hinder angles ; posterior 

 margin slightly concave. Scutellum white. Elytra slightly shining, 

 anterior margin slightly curved ; Clavus mostly brownish between 

 the nerves ; Corium, nerves strong, lustrous ; in the $ the space 

 between the inner ones brownish ; posterior margin outwardly 

 with a fine brown line, apex black ; Membrane broader than the 

 corium, posteriorly obtuse-lanceolate, diaphanous, lustrous, with 3 

 long, black streaks; the 1st between the 2nd and 3rd nerves not 

 quite reaching to the base, broad, widened posteriorly and sublanceo- 

 late ; the 2nd between and as long as the 3rd and 4th nerves, 

 broad, equal throughout ; the 3rd between the 4th and 5th nerves, 

 narrow, interrupted; in the ? these streaks are much fainter. 

 Sternum brown, crenate punctate ; Mesosternum piceous, disk quad- 

 rangular, nearly flat, with a deep middle channel, on the outer de- 

 flected sides a deep depression; Metasternum convex, the middle 

 depressed. Legs yellow ; thighs ; club dusky, the sides with darker 

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



Abdomen beneath yellow-brown, with distinct, sharp, irregular 

 punctures, and a smooth yellowish middle line. Genital segment in 

 the <$ callous, posteriorly abruptly deflected, the lateral processes 

 short, parallel, the space between them quadrangular. 



Length, 2f 3 lines. 



Dartford Brent, among thyme and moss, August. 



Species 4. BERYTUS CLAVIPES. 



GERRIS CLAVIPES, Fab. E. S. iv, 192, 20 (1794); Fall. Moil. Cim. 118, 



2 (1807). 

 BERYTUS Fab. S. R. 265, 2 (1803) ; Fall. Hem. Suec. i, 165, 



2 (1829) ; Schill. Beitr. i, 56, 2, t. 7, fig. 3 b (1829) ; 



Hahn, Wanz. i, 135, t. 21, fig. 69 (1831) ; H. Schf. 



Norn. Ent. i, 43 (1835) ; Fieb. Wien. Ent. Mouats, 



iii, 205, 5 (1859); Europ. Hem. 211, 5 (1861). 

 (NELDES) CLAVIPES, Flor, Rhyn. Liv. i, 205, 2 (I860). 



Dusky ochreous, shining. Frontal process; above straight, on the 

 side sub triangular, rounded beneath. Antenna; 1st joint, club 

 slight, gradual, dusky only on the sides ; 3rd yellow throughout. 

 Pronotum flat ; sides nearly parallel ; posterior margin straight. 



