ANTHOCORID^l. 495 



base convex, the middle with a large depression. Elytra; sides 

 parallel, slightly constricted at the base of the cuneus ; anterior 

 margin narrowly reflexed ; Embolium broad posteriorly, ending with 

 a slight ridge ; Cuneus very long, deflected, apex acute ; Membrane 

 with 3 almost straight, equidistant nerves. Sternum ; Mesosternum 

 long, convex, in front compressed, hindwardly obtuse, in the centre 

 a slight impressed line ; Metasternum right angled, convex, promi- 

 nent. Legs slender ; thighs long-fusiform ; tibice thickened to the 

 apex ; tarsi long, 3rd pair longest ; 3rd joint a trifle longer than 

 the 2nd. 



Species 1. ANTHOCORIS NEMORTJM. 



CIMEX NEMOETJM, Lin. E. S. 953 (1761) ; S. N. 499, 91 (1767). 

 ACANTHI A SYLVESTRIS, Fab. E. S. iv, 76, 37 (1794) ; Wolff, Ic. Cim. 90, 



84, t. 9, fig. 84 (1802). 



SALDA Fab. S. R. 116, 17 (1803). 



LYGJSUS FASCIATTJS, Fab. S. R. 240, 187 (1803). 

 ANTHOCORIS NEMORTJM, Fall. Hem. Suec. 66, 1 (1829); Bwrm. Handb. 



ii, 288, 1 (1835); Zett. Ins. Lap. 265, 1 



(1840); Am. et Serv. Hem. 263, 1 (1843); 



Sahib. Geoc. Een. 75, 1 (1848) ; Flor, Rhyn. 



Liv. i, 651, 5 (1860); Fieb. Europ. Hem. 



138, 4 (1861). 

 RHYNARIUS SYLVESTHIS, Hahn, Wanz. i, 105, t. 17, fig. 56 (1831), 



Elliptic, black, shining, with very short pubescence. Antennae; 2nd 

 and 3rd joints deep yellow, the apex of each black. Pronotum ; 

 sides narrowly margined throughout. Elytra smooth, pale 

 whitish yellow ; clavus on the inner margin, emboliim towards 

 the end, a large spot on the corium, and the cuneus on the 

 posterior margin, piceous to black j membrane yellowish- white, 

 posteriorly and in the centre fuscous-black. Legs yellow. 



Head smooth. Antennas finely haired, 2nd and 3rd joints deep 

 yellow ; extreme base, and apex of the 2nd, narrowly, apex of the 

 3rd broadly, piceous or black. Eyes black. Ocelli red. Rostrum 

 black, the end of the 3rd joint brown. 



Thorax. Pronotum; sides slightly sinuate, narrowly margined 

 throughout, the margin sharp, a little widest in front ; disk ; the 

 callosity smooth, the rest finely crenate -punctate, more strongly in 



