492 ANTHOCORINA. 



the end of the face ; 2nd 2 times longer than the 1st, slightly 

 thickened to the apex ; 3rd and 4th long-fusiform, very slender at 

 the base ; 3rd about \ the length of the 2nd ; 4th rather shorter and 

 thicker than the 3rd. Eyes semi-oval, not very prominent, not very 

 far removed from the base of the head. Ocelli large, prominent, 

 distant, inserted close to the eyes. Rostrum reaching to the middle 

 of the metasternum ; basal joint -j- the length of the 2nd. 



Thorax. Pronotum trapeziform ; anterior margin constricted into 

 a narrow, flat ring; anterior angles depressed, rounded; sides 

 slightly curved or sinuate, the margins very narrow, reflexed on the 

 anterior half ; hinder angles rather obtuse ; posterior margin twice 

 as long as the anterior, concave ; disk convex, before the middle a 

 transverse, convex callosity, not reaching to the sides, with a depres- 

 sion behind it. Scutellum large, triangular ; base convex, the middle 

 depressed, apex acute. Elytra ; Clavus broad, slightly convex, 

 deflected outwards ; claval suture much depressed ; Corium slightly 

 convex ; anterior margin much reflexed, nearly straight to the end of 

 the embolium, then slightly constricted ; Embolium broad, the end 

 prominent, and with a slight ridge ; Cuneus broad, triangular, de- 

 flected, outer margin slightly rounded, apex acute ; Membrane with 

 4 nerves, 3 of them equidistant, the 4th close to the 3rd. Sternum ; 

 Mesosternum convex hindwardly, reversed-trapeziform ; in front 

 compressed to a short point ; Metasternum short, subcordate. Legs ; 

 thighs long-fusiform ; tibice very slightly thickened to the apex ; 

 tarsi; 3rd pair slightly longest ; 3rd joint longer than the 2nd. 



Pieber says of this genus: "In appearance an Anthocoris, but 

 easy to distinguish by the long rostrum and its long basal joint, and 

 by the different structure of the sternum." 



Species 1. TEMNOSTETHUS LUCORTJM. 



ANTHOCOKIS LUCORTJM, Fall. Hem. Suec. 67, 3 (1829) ; Flor, Ehyn. Liv. 



i, 648, 3 (1861). 

 HELVETICUS, Dohrn, Stett. Ent. Zeit. xxi, 162, t. 1, fig. 3 



(1860). 



TEMNOSTETHUS LUTEUS, Fieb. Wien. Ent. Mon. 269 (1860). 

 LUCOEUM, Fieb. Europ. Hem. 136, 2 (1861). 



Black, slightly shining, with short yellowish hairs; clavus and 

 corium unicolorous,* light-brown ; membrane dull yellowish, 

 clear of markings. 



