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Show 1894.] HEMIPTERA-HETEROPTERA OF GRENADA. 181 2. CORIZUS SID^E (Fabr.). Lygceus sidce, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iv. p. 169. Dr. Stal has described a variety of this species as C. pictipes. The insect is very variable in size, colour, form, and pattern of marking, much depending upon its condition at time of capture. Numerous specimens were collected in nearly all parts of the island, both in the early part of the year and as late as the middle of August. J A D E R A , Stal. J A D E R A LATERALIS, Stal. Jadera lateralis, Stal, Stettin, ent. Zeit. xxiii. p. 307. Several specimens of this bright-coloured species were taken at Balthazar, April 1, and on the Mount Gay estate, April 5, also in August and September, on herbage. BERYTIDJE. METACANTHUS, Costa. METACANTHUS CAPITATUS, SD. nov. Pale rufo-testaceous. Form similar to M. elegans, Curtis, but with proportionately longer legs and antennae. Head black, rounded, pol-: ished, with a pale spot at base, the tylus prominent, vertical; antennae very slender, yellow, the basal joint nearly as long as the posterior femur, a little thickened and dusky at tip, articulation of the next two joints a little dusky, the fourth thick, fuscous, about half as long as the third ; rostrum dull yellow, reaching to the middle coxae, becoming more slender towards the tip. Pronotum closely distinctly punctate, the posterior lobe large, swollen, with the middle line a little elevated, and tuberculate at the posterior end; antehumeral surface transversely indented, the posterior margin reflexed each side; lateral line obliterated, present as a carina on the short, collar-like anterior lobe, this lobe fulvous, with a pale anterior margin, from each side of which a pale short spine projects obliquely upwards. Legs long, slender, honey-yellow ; the tibiae setiform, paler, annulated with black; the femora a little swollen and deeper coloured at tip, tarsi blackish on the apical half. Scutellum small, tumid, armed with a long, curved, pale spine which projects backwards. Hemelytra almost transparent, tinged with testaceous, the costal border a little arcuated, costal area and clavus obsoletely and sparsely punctate. Beneath smooth, pale testaceous, the sternum pale piceous, abdomen straight; venter more distinctly pubescent at tip, hardly wider at base than at apex. Length to end of venter 3| m m . ; width of pronotum § m m . Six specimens of this insect were collected on the Mount Gay estate, on the leeward side of the island. They were beaten from herbage, at altitudes between 200 and 400 feet, from August 21 to 31st. PROC ZOOL. Soc-1894, No. XIII. 13 |