SUBFAMILY III. — ORTHOTYLIN^E. 825 



880 ( — ). Ceratocapsus sericus Knight, 1923, 530. 



Color and pubescence of upper surface as in key; scutellum, clavus 

 and basal half of corium clothed also with appressed silvery scale-like 

 pubescence; embolium subtranslucent; membrane and veins uniformly 

 pale fuscous with a small pale spot opposite tip of cuneus; legs dull yel- 

 low, ventrals dark brownish-black, the genital region with yellowish 

 hairs. Joints 1 and 2 of antennae yellowish, 1 slightly longer than width 

 of vertex, 2 three and one-half times as long as 1 ; 3 and 4 dark reddish- 

 brown, 3 one-half the length of 2, 4 three-fourths as long as 3. Beak 

 reaching upon hind coxa?. Head brownish, coarsely alutaceous. Prono- 

 tum with side margins slightly sinuate. Scutellum transversely rugulose. 

 Length, 4 mm. 



Recorded only from New York, New Jersey and Michigan. 



881 ( — ). Ceratocapsus luteus Knight, 1.923, 527. 



Uniform dull yellow, elytra somewhat translucent; membrane pale 

 tinged with dusky, veins yellowish. Joint 1 of antenna? slightly shorter 

 than width of vertex, female, slightly longer, male; 2 three and two- 

 third times the length of 1, slender at base, thicker and somewhat dusky 

 toward apex; 3 dusky yellow, almost half as long as 2; 4 brownish, as 

 thick as 3, one-fifth shorter. Beak reaching hind margins of middle 

 coxa?. Pronotum impunctate, vaguely alutaceous, sides straight. Length, 

 3.8—4 mm. 



Recorded from New York and West Virginia. Resembles 

 lutescens, but smaller, head yellow, not red, and pubescence 

 different. 



882 (— ). Ceratocapsus vicinus Knight, 1923, 529. 



Head and pronotum tawny- to reddish-yellow; scutellum and apical 

 half of corium dark brown; clavus and basal half of corium yellowish, 

 thickly clothed with appressed silvery scale-like hairs ; membrane pale, 

 fuscous toward apex; legs dull yellow; ventrals dark reddish-brown to 

 blackish, shining; genital segment with long yellowish hairs. Joints 1 

 and 2 of antenna? dull yellow, 1 as long as width of vertex, 2 four times 

 as long as 1 ; 3 and 4 reddish-brown, 3 slightly more than one-half the 

 length of 2, 4 three-fourths as long as 3. Beak reaching between hind 

 coxa?. Pronotum with side margins straight, calli evident but vague, 

 disk finely alutaceous. Length, 3.4 — 3.6 mm. 



Known only from New York and New Jersey. 



883 ( — ). Ceratocapsus nigellus Knight, 1923, 528. 



Color as in key; scutellum and basal half of elytra with closely ap- 

 pressed pale, scale-like hairs; cuneus usually reddish-brown; membrane 

 and veins uniformly dusky translucent; legs pale to dark reddish-brown, 

 front and middle tibia? paler; ventrals dark brown to black; genital seg- 

 ment strongly shining, beset with prominent hairs. Antenna? pale to 

 dark reddish-brown, joint 1 one-fourth longer than width of vertex; 2 

 three and two-third times the length of 1 ; 3 subfusiform, slightly more 



