HEMIPTERA— HETEUOPTKUA— CAPSID.K. 365 



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stouter hind legs. The first joint of the antennae of the fossil, however, is 

 stouter than in Fuscus and the second joint not so distinctly incrassated at 

 the apex. 



Fuscus? F^CATUS. 

 PI. 22, Fig. 5. 



Head rather broadly angulate in front ; first joint of antennae distinctly 

 shorter than the head, moderately stout and uniform; the second joint 

 relatively slender, scarcely larger apically, about three times longer than 

 the first. Rostrum reaching tlie coxae of middle legs. Thorax punctate, 

 blackish fuscous, posteriorly two or two and a half times as broad as ante- 

 riorly, both base and apex nearly truncate, the sides oblique, straight. 

 Scutellum of the color of the tliorax. Hemelytra dark, the color intensified 

 alouir the inner margin of the clavus and at the outer extremities of the 

 coriuin and cuneus. Legs ilusky, the hind femora stout, twice as thick as 

 the tibiffi and sliorter than they. 



Length, 6™'" ; breadth, 2.25"™. 



Florissant. Five specimens, Nos. 430, 4.563, 4741, 13308, 14201. 



PCECILOCAPSUS Renter. 



This genus, fairly rich in species in both the United States and Mexico, 

 and peculiar to the New World, appears to be represented at Florissant by 

 five tolerably closely allied species, which bear no close resemblance to any of 

 the amber Capsida? The first antennal joint in all is of a similar, the second 

 of a somewhat dissimilar, length. 



Table of Ihe species of PwcilorapuKS. 



Narrowiiij;- sides of thorax convex ; second joint of autenuic twice or a little more than twice as long as 

 the first. 



Thorax smooth ; tegniina Iieavily marked; clavus obscure 1. P. fremoiitii- 



Thorax punctate ; tegmina faintly marked ; clavns clear 2. /'. veterandas. 



Narrowing sides of thorax straight ; second joint of anteunie much less or much more than twice as 

 long as the first. 



Second joint of .antennse scarcely half as long again as the first 3. /'. vctenwxiis. 



Second joint of auteunai three times as long as the first. 



Thorax smooth ; scutellum sharply angled 4. I', tahidiix. 



Thorax punctate ; scutellum roundly angled 5. P. oslentiis. 



1. P(ECILOCAPSUS FREMONTII. 

 PI. 24, Fig. 3. 

 An elegant and well marked species not distantly related to P. oina- 

 tulus (Stal) of Mexico, but differing in the markings and in the uniform tliorax. 



