SUBFAMILY II. — CAPSIN^. 751 



771 (1004). Pcecilocapsus lineatus (Fabricius), 1798, 541. 



Elongate-subparallel, male, elongate-oval, female. Head, front por- 

 tion of pronotum and under surface reddish-yellow, basal half of prono- 

 tum greenish or lemon-yellow with four oblong black spots, the ones on 

 sides narrower, sometimes wanting; elytra lemon-yellow, each with two 

 black stripes, one submarginal, reaching cuneus, narrow at base, dilated 

 toward apex, the other much wider, reaching from base of clavus to 

 membrane; tip of tylus black; cuneus usually with a round median black 

 spot; membrane brownish-translucent; legs yellow, apical third of femora 

 with two black rings, basal third of hind tibiae usually with one. Anten- 

 na? shorter than body, joints 1 and 2 black, their bases pale; 1 about as 

 long as head, gradually slightly thickened from base to apex; 2 almost 

 linear, slightly swollen toward apex, nearly three times as long as 1, 

 thickly clothed with black bristle-like hairs; 3 and 4 fuscous, much more 

 slender, united slightly shorter than 2, 3 twice the length of 4. Length, 

 7—7.5 mm. (Fig. 172). 



Frequent throughout Indiana, May 20 — July 8. Known as 

 the "four-lined leaf-bug," and in Indiana occurs on mullein, 

 thistles, vervain, etc. Recorded from Jacksonville, Atlantic 

 Beach and Lakeland, Fla. Ranges from Quebec and New Eng- 

 land west to the Dakotas and British Columbia, and southwest 

 to Florida, Texas and New Mexico. At times it becomes abun- 

 dant enough to do much damage to the foliage of currants, 

 dahlias, parsnips and other cultivated plants. Lintner (1882, 

 271) has given a full account of its life history and names 30 

 species of garden plants and weeds upon which it feeds. 



771a (1005). Pcecilocapsus lineatus nigriger (Stal), 1862, 319. 



Differs from typical lineatus only in being somewhat shorter and 

 more oval, usually more greenish-yellow with dark stripes of elytra 

 wider and a deeper black, and the spot on middle of cuneus larger and 

 more prominent. Length, 6.5 — 7 mm. 



Dunedin, Fla., Dec. 15 — April 20. Frequent in spring on 

 Sid'a spinosa L. and other herbs in low moist places. This is 

 the form recognized by Van Duzee (1909, 178) from Florida 

 as the P. nigriger Stal. Of it he says: "Not uncommon at all 

 localities. This species has the head and anterior portion of 

 pronotum bright fulvous and the cuneus has a large central 

 black spot. Otherwise it differs little from our northern lineatus 

 Fabr." I consider it, as did Uhler (1884, 287), only a southern 

 variety or race of lineatus. It was described from Mexico and 

 has been recorded from California. 



Division II.— CAPSARIA Douglas & Scott, 1865, 32. 

 The members of this division of the tribe Capsini are, for 



