HEMIPTERA— IIETEROPTERA— CAPSID.E. 367 



3. PCECILOCAPSUS VKTERNOSTTS. 



This species closely resembles P. fremoiitii, but differs somewhat in 

 markings and much in the form of tlie thorax and the length of the second 

 antennal joint. The head, which is dark, is rather acutely produced in 

 front of the eves ; basal joint of antenna^ almost as long as the liead and 

 moderately stout, tlie second a little slenderer, slightly larger distally than 

 proximally, exceptionally short, being scarcely half as long again as the 

 first joint, the succeeding joints about equal and together as long as the 

 second. Thorax fully two and a half times as broad at base as at apex, the 

 apex roundly and shallowly eniarginate, the base regularly and gently con- 

 vex, the sides oblique and straight, the surface a little irregular but impunc- 

 tate as in P. fremontii, somewhat obscurely mottled, dark colors prevailing 

 posteriorly, paler antei'iorly. Scutellum generally pale but with both 

 extreme base and apex more or less infuscated, the sides transversely pec- 

 tinate. Hemelytra marked as in P. fremontii, but much less heavily and in 

 particular the clavus less obscure. 



Length of body, 5.8™"' ; breadth of thorax, 2.35°"" ; length of second 

 antennal joint, l.l™™. 



Florissant. Two specimens, Nos. 2107, 8113. 



4. PCECILOCAPSUS TABIDUS. 

 PI. 24, Fig. 8. 



A single specimen represents this species, not so well preserved as the 

 others. The head is large, the part in front of the eyes exceptionallv large, 

 well produced, and with a broad rounded apex ; first joint of antennae mod- 

 erately slender, equal, a little shorter than the head; the second joint excep- 

 tionally long, being almost or quite three times as long as the first, slender, 

 and equal throughout ; third joint half as long as second. Thorax less than 

 twice as broad at apex as at base, anteriorly truncate, postei'iorly genth' and 

 regularly convex, the sides oblique and straight, the surface smooth, witliout 

 punctures, more or less mottled and infuscated, as is also the scutellum, 

 which, however, is more uniformly infuscated or infumate, and has a sharp, 

 apical angle. Hemelytra nearly pallid, but with the clavus more or less 

 obscure, and the outer apex of corium and cuneus each with a small, dis- 

 tinct, triangular, fuscous spot. 



