ANTHOCORID^E. 505 



Length, 1-^ line. 



Very like T. obscura, but longer and broader, and the antennae 

 not so stout in the . 



Common everywhere from July to October, in flowers, and by 

 sweeping; also occasionally found in winter and spring, among 

 fallen leaves. 



The foregoing 3 species are perfectly distinct, but appear not to 

 have been always correctly distinguished ; the names and synonymy 

 are therefore rather uncertain. 



Genus 7. BRACHYSTELES, Muls. 



Oval, depressed. 



Head short, broad, deflected ; Face very short, obtuse. Antenna 

 with long hairs ; 1st joint reaching to the end of the face ; 2nd 3 

 times longer than the 1st, slightly clavate ; 3rd ths the length of 

 the 2nd, cylindrical; 4th nearly as long as the 3rd, subfusiform. 

 Eyes large, prominent. Ocelli large, prominent, distant, inserted 

 near the base of the eyes. Eostrum stout, reaching to the meso- 

 sternum ; basal joint very short. 



Thorax. Pronotum trapeziform, convex; anterior margin de- 

 pressed, straight, shorter than the width of the head across the eyes ; 

 anterior angles rounded ; sides nearly straight ; side margins very 

 narrow, a little widened in front ; hinder angles subacute ; posterior 

 margin concave ; disk callous in front, in the middle a transverse 

 furrow. Bcutellum large, triangular, convex, with a deep, trans- 

 verse, oval depression in the middle. Elytra broad, flat to the end 

 of the corium, thence deflected posteriorly; anterior margin con- 

 stricted at the end of the embolium ; Clavus slightly deflected to 

 the corium ; sides parallel ; claval suture depressed ; Emlolium 

 broad, anterior margin slightly rounded, deeply reflexed; Cuneus 

 broad, outwardly concave, apex obtuse; Membrane broad, short, 

 with 4 delicate nerves. Sternum; JMesostermwn hindwardly convex, 

 almost vertical to the posterior margin; Metasternum reverse- 

 trapeziform, at the base convex, the middle and side margins 

 sharply defined. Legs stout; tarsi thin, long; 2nd joint rather 

 longer than the 1st ; 3rd longest. 



