SUBFAMILY II. — CAPSINjE. 693 



species having the head porrect, inserted in thorax to eyes, its 

 front declivent; eyes large, prominent, projecting outward be- 

 yond front angles of pronotum ; beak reaching middle coxae; 

 antennae with joint 1 swollen, terete, thickly clothed with stiff 

 black inclined hairs, 2 gradually slightly thickened from the 

 base, 3 and 4 much more slender than 2 ; pronotum subtrape- 

 zoidal, its width at base about three times that of apex, apical 

 constriction distinct, side margins straight, not carinate, disk 

 usually with black spots as in key, its basal half convex, strong- 

 ly declivent toward apex with hind margin broadly rounded ; 

 elytra slightly surpassing tip of abdomen ; legs moderately long, 

 hind femora usually swollen, more or less curved; left clasper 

 of male with a large rounded or pointed lobe on upper side at 

 base. About a dozen species are known from North America, 

 eight of which occur in the eastern states. 



KEY TO EASTERN SPECIES OF PARACALOCORIS. 



a. Hind tibiae thickly clothed with long erect hairs which obscure or 

 become confused with the tibial spines; joint 1 of antenna? slightly 

 longer than pronotum; scutellum usually bright yellow or orange- 

 red. 674. SCRUPEUS. 

 ««. Hind tibiae with hairs shorter and more appressed, especially on 

 inner side, the hairs not easily confused with the true spines. 

 b. Pronotum black with a median orange-red cross-bar, the latter with 

 a backward projecting spur; concavities behind ocelli present, 

 but without black spots; apical joint of antennae dull white. 



675. INCISUS. 

 bb. Pronotum without median pale cross-bar as above; black spots be- 

 hind calli pi'esent; apical joint of antennae not whitish. 

 c. Joint 1 of antennae distinctly longer than pronotum. 



d. Basal width of pronotum more than 2 mm. ; color everywhere 



except discal spots of pronotum and membrane, pale or dark 



reddish-brown. 676. adustus. 



dd. Basal width of pronotum less than 2 mm. ; color chiefly fusco- 



piceous, the costal margin frequently pale. 677. hawleyi. 



cc. Joint 1 of antennae subequal to or shorter than length of pronotum. 



e. Color dull yellow or reddish, usually more or less mottled with 



fuscous; second antennal not exceeding 2.2 mm. in length. 

 /. Color above pale greenish-yellow mottled with numerous fus- 

 cous spots or blotches, these enclosing minute yellow dots; 

 apical third of scutellum a uniform yellow; legs and first an- 

 tennal variegated with brown and yellow; second antennal 

 with apical third black. 678. MULTISIGNATUS. 



//. Color not as above; apical third of scutellum not wholly yellow. 

 g. Color straw-yellow to dark brownish-gray or dark brown 

 variegated with paler spots; second antennal with the ex- 



