MIRID.E. 289 



Species 5. Minis LONGICORNIS. 



MIRIS LONGICORNIS, Fall. Hem. i, 129, 3 (1829) ; H. Schf. Wanz. iii, 43, 

 fig. 258 (1836) ; Meyer, Caps. 37, 7 (1843) ; Sahib. 

 Geoc. Fen. 87, 5 (1848); Kirschb. Caps. 32, 2 

 (1855); Flor, Rhjn. Liv. i, 434, 8 (1800). 



MEGALOCER^A Fieb. Europ. Hem. 243 (1861). 



Elongate, linear. Yellowisli-green. Antenna considerably longer 

 than the body. Legs; 2nd pair shortest; 3rd almost twice 

 as long as the 2nd ; tiUce straight. 



Head. Crown convex, with a deep central channel terminating 

 almost in a line with the apex of the antenniferous processes ; Cly- 

 pcus ; extreme apex slightly reflexed. Antenna considerably longer 

 than the body, yellowish or brownish-yellow ; 1st joint as long as 

 the pronotum and scutellum together, clothed with short black 

 hairs ; 2nd for about f its length clothed with short black hairs ; 

 3rd and 4th generally brownish. Eyes somewhat prominent. Ros- 

 trum yellowish-green, reaching to the 3rd pair of coxae ; tip blackish. 



Thorax. Pronotum with a more or less distinct transverse channel 

 behind the concave anterior margin, angles acute ; sides slightly 

 concave, very narrowly margined from behind the transverse clmunel ; 

 hinder angles short, acute, slightly raised ; posterior margin slightly 

 concave across the scutellum ; disk finely slmgreeued, brownish or 

 brownish-yellow, margins and central keel yellow ; callosities with a 

 deep fovea in the centre. Scutellum brownish-yellow with a pale- 

 yellow central line; basal angles with a deep fovea. Elytra: 

 Cor iu m ; inner margin of the 1st nerve whitish; Membrane gray, 

 with a slight purple tinge, faintly iridescent, below the inner cell, 

 and extending to the apex, a paler patch ; cell-nerves yellowish- 

 white ; inner cell pale. Legs greenish-yellow ; 2nd pair shortest ; 

 3rd almost twice as long as the 2nd, clothed with very short black 

 hairs ; tibia brownish at the apex, with longish, erect, somewhat 

 spiuose, black hairs ; tarsi and claws blackish, base of the 1st joint 

 of the former brown. 



Length, 4 lines. 



Not an uncommon species by sweeping and beating plants growing 

 on hedge -banks. It has been taken at Lee, Bexley, Dartford, and 

 Mickleham, in June and July. 



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