330 CAPSINA. 



apex black ; Ilemhmne pale, with a brownish triangular patch on the 

 anterior margin next the apex ; inner marginal nerve piceous ; outer 

 cell-nerve yellowish, inner one reddish ; apex of both cells blackish. 

 Le()s yellowish ; tihice ; 1st pair clothed with fine, short, brownish 

 hairs ; apex narrowly piceous. 



Abdomen reddish. 



Length, 4 — 4^ lines. 



We have seen but a single example of this insect, taken many 

 years ago near Durham, in June, by W. Backhouse, Esq. The 

 specimen was submitted to Dr. Fieber for determination, who 

 returned it with the above manuscript specific name. 



Species 12. — Der^ocoris ticinensis. 



Capsus ticinensis, Mei/er, Caps. 100, 88, tab. 6, fig. 1 (1843). 

 Calacokis — Fieh. Europ. Hem. 251, 15 (1861). 



Elongate, slightly oval. Eerruginous red, clothed with fine, de- 

 pressed, whitish hairs. AntemicB ; 2nd, 3rd and 4th joints of 

 almost equal thickness. 



Head. — Crown brownish-red, leaving a paler margin round the 

 eyes ; Clypeus brownish-red, with a pale red central lino ; Face ; 

 central lobe dark brown- red. Antennce ferruginous yellow. Host rum 

 reddish-yellow ; tip black- 



Thorax. — Fronotiim somewhat coarsely punctured ; on the disk, 

 and almost in a line with the basal angles of the scutellum, 2 roundish 

 black spots. Scutellum finely wrinkled transversely ; hinder portion 

 dark red. Elytra: Clavus ; inner margin and nerve reddish, disk finely 

 wrinkled transversely ; Corium finely punctured, almost shagreened ; 

 towards the apex, and between the 1st and 2nd nerves, reddish ; 

 posterior margin red ; Cuneus pale reddish-yellow, the anterior and 

 interior margins, and base, red ; Membrane brownish-black, round 

 the cells a broadish, paler margin ; cell-nerves red ; cells pale 

 brownish. Leys ; thiyhs red, longitudinally spotted with black ; on 

 the 3rd pair at the apex the spots are somewhat irregular ; iihicc 

 pale reddish-yellow, with a few depressed, somewhat spinose, black 

 hairs; apex narrowly blackish ; /(rrsi reddish-yellow ; 3rd joint black, 

 base narrowly reddish-yellow ; claics brown-red. 



Length, 3^ lines. 



