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Thorax. Pronotum trapezoidal ; more or less convex ; generally 

 with a central keel, and 2 more or less distinct callosities in front ; 

 as broad as long, or broader across the posterior margin ; anterior 

 margin concave, angles acute ; sides nearly straight, sometimes mar- 

 gined ; hinder angles acute or rounded ; generally raised ; posterior 

 margin straight, or sometimes concave in the middle. Scutellum 

 triangular, slightly raised above the clavus, with a transverse channel 

 in front and a longitudinal central keel. Elytra; Clavus convex, 

 deflected to the coriuin ; Corium horizontal, flat, or slightly convex. 

 Cimeus and Membrane continued in a line with the corium. Ster- 

 num : Prosternum ; xyphus triangular, sometimes pointed and with 

 a flattish central channel; sides sometimes convex and margined: 

 Mesosternum convex; sometimes narrowed posteriorly and faintly 

 indented, or flattish above, slightly deflected to the posterior margin, 

 and with a central channel ; Metasternum convex ; centre promi- 

 nent, angular, or flattish with a callosity in the centre. Legs long 

 and thin ; 3rd pair longest ; thighs sometimes toothed beneath ; 

 tibice sometimes bent near the base ; tarsi long, 1st joint longest ; 

 2nd shortest ; 2nd and 3rd together longer than the 1st. 



Species 1 . MIRIS HOLSATUS. 



MIRIS HOLSATUS, Fab. S. R. 254, 4 (1803) ; Fall. Hem. Suec. i, 132, 7 

 (1829) ; H. Schf. Wanz. iii, 41, fig. 256 (1836) ; Zett. 

 Ins. Lap. 280, 4 (1840) ; Meyer Mr, Caps. 36, 5 

 (1843); Kolen. Mel. Ent. ii, 99, 72 (1845); Schill. 

 Arb. und Verand. 52 (1845) ; Sahib. Geoc. Fen. 86, 

 2 (1848) ; Kirschb. Caps. 34, 7 (1855) ; Flor, Rhyn. 

 Liv. i, 427, 4 (1860) ; Fieb. Europ. Hem. 239, 3 

 (1861). 

 HOLSATICUS, Burm. Handb. ii, 265, 4 (1835). 



Longish oval. Green or brownish yellow. 



Head finely punctured; Crown with a central channel, deepest 

 between the eyes and continued to the apex of the clypeus ; along 

 the inner margin of the eyes a pitchy-black line. Antennce brownish- 

 yellow, almost as long as the body ; 1st joint clothed with short 

 blackish hairs. Eyes brown, somewhat prominent. Rostrum yel- 

 lowish, reaching to the 2nd pair of coxas ; tip black. 



