SUBFAMILY II. — CAPSINjE. 701 



cc. Basal joint of antennas with the shortest hairs almost as long as 

 the erect bristle-like ones; scutellum uniform yellowish sparsely 

 clothed with simple erect pubescent hairs. 685. rubropictus. 

 at. Basal joint of antennae more slender, its thickness distinctly less than 

 dorsal width of eye. 

 d. Joint 2 of antennae uniformly yellowish, sometimes somewhat dusky 

 at apex and near base; upper surface chiefly reddish or fuscous on 

 a pale yellowish background. 686. ulmi. 



dd. Joint 2 of antennae chiefly blackish or fuscous-brown, usually an- 

 nulated with pale. 

 e. Joint 2 of antenna? black at base with a pale ring somewhat re- 

 moved from base. 

 /. Length of first antennal equal to that of head and pronotum 

 united, also equal to width of pronotum at base; basal sub- 

 margin of disk of pronotum with two black calloused densely 

 pilose spots each side of middle; length, 5 — 6 mm. 



687. ANTENNALIS. 



//. Length of first antennal only equal to length of pronotum plus 

 one-third that of head, also shorter than width of pronotum at 

 base; length, 7 mm. 688. palmeri. 



ee. Joint 2 of antennae with a pale ring at base, blackish beyond. 

 g. Third antennal with a pale ring at base and another at middle. 

 h. Upper surface with both black and yellowish scale-like hairs 

 turned on edge ; lower half of face more or less fuscous ; 

 propleura pale on lower half, but without a distinct white line 

 above middle of coxal cleft. 689. conspurcatus. 



hh. Upper surface without scale-like hairs; lower half of face white: 

 propleura white, black along its dorsal margin and with a 

 clearly cut black line across lower half of coxal cleft. 



690. DAVISI. 

 gg. Third antennal with a pale ring only at base, or none. 



i. Joint 2 of antennae broadly pale yellowish to dusky at middle, 



dark fuscous only at apex and next to pale ring at base; small 



slender species, length, 5 — 5.3 mm. 691. minutulus. 



ii. Joint 2 of antennae black or fuscous-brown, a pale band at base, 



but (except in tuberculatus) only narrowly pale on middle. 



j. Third antennal uniformly brownish-black. 



k. Disk of pronotum with base and side margins black, the ex- 

 treme basal edge pale, central area yellowish-green, often 

 with a narrow median black streak, calli black; tibiae 

 brownish-black with vague pale spots ; length, 8.5 — 9 mm. 



692. JUNCEUS. 

 kk. Disk of pronotum a nearly uniform reddish-brown, with only 

 irregular fuscous markings near base; calli unicolorous 

 with disk; tibiae dull yellow tinged with fuscous, their tips 

 alone blackish; upper surface with patches of long yellow- 

 ish-white pubescence; length, 7 — 7.8 mm. 



693. FENESTRATUS. 



jj. Third antennal pale at base. 



