490 HEMIPTERA. 



Neides elegans, Curt. B. E. iv. 150 (1827); Spin. Hem. 206 



(1837). 

 Berytus elegans, Burm. Handb. ii. 313. 3 (1835); Am. fy Serv. 



Hem. 232. 1 (1843). 



Senuma, Amyot, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 2 me ser. iii. 4/6. 89. 

 a. England. Presented by J. C. Dale, Esq. 



2. METACANTHUS pulchellus, n. s. 



M. pallidus, punctatus; thorace linea elevata, media albida; 

 scutello spina erecta; pedibus antennisque nigro vel fusco 

 annulatis, harum articulo ultimo nigro. $ . 

 Long. lin. 2. 



Pale testaceous. Head impunctate, brownish, with the sides 

 and a longitudinal central line whitish. Thorax thickly and 

 finely punctured, with three whitish tubercles forming a trans- 

 verse line near the anterior margin, and a raised whitish line run- 

 ing down the centre of the thorax, and terminating in a large 

 tubercle at the posterior margin. Scutellum with a long, up- 

 right, slightly crooked, whitish spine. Elytra semitransparent 

 throughout ; wings transparent. Legs whitish, with numerous 

 minute brown or blackish rings ; clubs of the thighs and tips of 

 the tarsi brown. Antennae whitish, with numerous brown rings 

 similar to those on the legs ; second and third joints about equal ; 

 apical joint short, ovate, black. 



a. N. India. From Capt. Boys' Collection. 



3. METACANTHUS pectoralis, n. s. 



M. fusco-testaceus, punctatus ; capite subtus, pectoreque medio 

 nigris ; antennarum articulis primo et secundo, nigro-annulatis, 

 ultimo nigro apice pallido. 

 Long. lin. 4. 



Brownish testaceous, somewhat fulvous. Eyes black. Thorax 

 thickly and finely punctured, with an impunctate space close to 

 the anterior margin, and a narrow, elevated, impunctate longitu- 

 dinal central line, terminating at the posterior margin in a strong 

 tubercle. Coriaceous portion of the elytra finely punctured, with 

 the nervures reddish ; membrane brownish, semitransparent. 

 Wings semitransparent, brownish. Abdomen wanting. Breast 

 with the disc black, the sides brownish, thickly punctured ; coxae 

 and trochanters pale yellow; legs wanting. Head beneath black 

 in the middle, with the sides testaceous. Rostrum testaceous, 

 with the apical joint brown. Antennae somewhat approximated 

 at the base ; first joint longest, nearly as long as the second and 

 third together, pale testaceous, annulated with black; second 



