276 CAPSINA. 



Skction ^d.—CAPSINA^ 



Div. 1. — UE"ICELLULL 



Family L— BRYOCORID^. 



Genus 1. — Bryocoris, Fall. 



In developed examples somewhat oval; in undeveloped examples 

 somewhat pyriform, without cuneus or membrane. 



Head short, vertical in front ; twice as broad across the eyes as 

 long ; Crown flattish convex, raised above the eyes ; Cli/peus very 

 convex ; apex almost in a line with the lower margin of the eyes ; 

 antenniferous processes very short, in a line with the middle of the 

 lower half of the eyes ; Face ; cenbral lobe long, convex, somewhat 

 broad; side lobes 'short, narrow, rounded outwardly. Ant ennce in 

 the (^ somewhat longer than the body, in the ? a little shorter ; 

 1st joint 11 times as long as the head ; 2nd, twice as long as the 1st, 

 slightly bi;t gradually thickened to the apex ; 3rd and 4th filiform ; 

 3rd longer than the 4th ; both together longer than the 2nd. Ej/es 

 prominent ; viewed from above almost hemispherical, from the side, 

 short, subglobose. Itostrum short, reaching to beyond the 1st pair 

 of coxa3. 



Tliorax. — Pronotum longish trapezoidal, l|rd times as broad across 

 the posterior margin as long ; anterior margin straight, angles acute ; 

 sides slightly concave ; hinder angles raised ; posterior margin 

 straight ; disk convex, with 2 callosities in front. Scutellum trian- 

 gular, raised above the clavus, with a transverse channel concealed, in 

 undeveloped examples, by the posterior margin of the pronotum. 

 Elytra ; Clavus convex, deflected to the corium ; Corium horizontal 

 in developed examples, as far as the junction with the cuneus and 

 membrane, which are deflected ; in undeveloped examples convex, 

 raised to the centre, and then deflected to the apex ; anterior margin 

 reflexed ; Cuneus, in developed examples, long; base broad. Sternum: 

 Prosternum; xyphus triangailar, sides margined; Mesostcrnvm convex; 

 constricted anteriorly ; elevated posteriorly and with a depression in 

 the middle; lletasfernum convex, somewhat semicircular ; icys long, 

 thin ; tarsi; 2nd and 3rd joints of almost equal length; 1st short. 



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