484 ANTHOCORINA. 



acute. Eyes large, prominent ; the orbit, from above, concave. 

 Rostrum thick, curved, reaching to the 1st pair of coxse. 



Thorax. Pronotum convex, much broader than long, trapeziform 

 in the <J, almost quadrangular in the $ ; anterior margin con- 

 stricted into a narrow annulus ; posterior margin concave. Scutellum 

 short, broad, equilaterally triangular, the base transversely convex. 

 Elytra: $ ; Clavus broad, widest posteriorly; Corium; anterior 

 margin incrassated, raised, from the base widened in a long curve, 

 more or less contracted at the cuneus ; disk rather convex as far as 

 the cuneus, then flatly deflected ; Emlolium long, concave, poste- 

 rior margin slightly defined ; Cuneus ; at the base, not projecting so 

 far as the anterior margin of the corium ; Membrane broad, anterior 

 margin slightly constricted at the junction with the cuneus ; base in 

 the middle with a semioval cell, from its lowest part 1 thick nerve 

 dividing immediately into 3 very short, fine nerves ; from the inner 

 side of the cell 1 fine short nerve ; all the nerves soon become 

 evanescent : $ ; Corium very convex, broad, short, oval, inner mar- 

 gins straight, not overlapping. Sternum ; Mesosternum very convex, 

 hindwardly obtuse, projecting ; Metasternum depressed. Legs ; in 

 < long, thin; thighs cylindrical, in $ shorter and stouter; tibiae 

 slightly thickened to the apex ; 3rd pair slightly bent ; tarsi long, 

 slender. 



Species 1. MYRMEDOBIA COLEOPTRATA. 



9 SALDA COLEOPTRATA, Fall. Mon. Cim. 31, 7 (1807). 



$ LYGJEUS EXILIS, Fall. Mon. Cim. 73, 23 (1807). 



3 ANTHOCORIS EXILIS, Fall. Hera. Suec. 68, 5 (1829) ; H. Self. Wanz. 



ix, 230 (1850). 



BRYOCORIS COLEOPTRATA, Fall. Hem. Suec. 76 (1829). 

 9 PALTJSTRIS, Fall. Hem. Suec. 152, 2 (1829). 

 MICROPHYSA MYRMECOBIA, Mdrkel, Germ. Zeits. 5, 262 (1839). 

 $ ANTHOCORIS SUBTILIS, Sahib. Geoc. Fen. 79, 9 (1848). 

 $> MYRMEDOBIA COLEOPTRATA, Bdrens. Berl. Ent. Zeits. ii, 160 (1858) ; 



Fieb. Europ. Hem. 133, 1 (1861). 



$ & MICROPHYSA CURTISII, Flor, Rhyn. Liv. i, 660 (1860). 

 <? LDIOTROPUS EXILIS, Fieb. Europ. Hem. 133, 2 (1861). 



^ Black; dull. 



Head. Antennce with very fine projecting whitish hairs. Ocelli 

 red. Hostrum piceous. 



Thorax. Pronotum; in the middle a long, linear, transverse inci_ 



