1892] MARYLAND ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 183 



Fmn. CAPSIDAE, Autor. 

 Hadkodema Fieber. 

 H. pul'oerulenta. New sp. 



Closely related to II. rulnounda Fallen, of Europe, but 

 with tlie second joint of antennae much stouter and shorter, 

 besides otJier diiferences given below. Ground color pale 

 fulvous, unevenly spread with whitish pubescence. Head 

 blunt, as viewed from in front, remotely, obsoletely, minutely 

 punctate, and very finely pubescent, with a pale streak next 

 the eye and a pale yellow spot on both divisions of the 

 cheeks; antennae short, fulvous; the second joint very 

 stout, about equal in length to the third and fourth united, 

 fuscous at tip; the third and fourth sometimes infuscated ; 

 base of vertex obsoletely incised, and sometimes marked 

 with a pale dot ; eyes blackish, rostrum yellowish-testa- 

 ceous, piceous at tip, reaching to behind the middle coxae. 

 Pronotum closely, finely, roughly punctate, strongly 

 convex, steeply sloping anteriorly, with the callosities 

 prominent and polished, the posterior margin curved, 

 slenderly bordered with pale yellow ; collum sometimes 

 pale, and with a very slender pale line running back from 

 its middle on the disk of the pronotum. Scutellum 

 convex, punctate like the pronotum, with a smooth, pale, 

 slender line extending to the tip. Hemelytra punctate 

 like the pronotum, with the pubescence sometimes unevenly 

 distributed ; cuneus more or less pale, a little curved, 

 usually bordered with reddish ; membrane with a small 

 smoky spot at base and a large one reaching to the tip. 

 Legs dark amber yellow, with the spines, end of tibiae 

 and tip of tarsi piceous ; the femora generally with two 

 brown bands near the tip ; the coxae and middle portion 

 of the sternum pale testaceous ; the sides of sternum more 



or less dark brown. Venter polished, more or less piceous 

 next the tip. 



