332 CAPSINA. 



apex next tlie inner angle ; also, generally with a black triangular 

 patch, its apex in, and a little below, the bifurcation of the 1st nerve ; 

 Cuiieus red or brownish-red ; anterior margin rounded at the base, 

 and slightly narrower than the apex of the coriuni, leaving a small 

 but distinct notch ; basal inner angle with a triangular black patch 

 joined to, and forming, wdth the one on tlie corium, a rhomboidal 

 patch ; Memlrane pale dusky brown ; inner marginal nerve, and cell- 

 nerves brown ; the latter exteriorly with a pale margin ; sometimes 

 the inner cell-nerve is reddish. Le/js red; fhit/hs sometimes with 

 brownish or dark red spots ; extreme apex with 2 short, stout, blaclc, 

 spinose hairs on the uj^perside ; in addition, the 3rd pair have a few 

 loug, fine ones ; tibia with black spinose hairs ; 1st and 2nd pairs 

 yellowish, or reddish-yellow, darker at the apex ; 3fd slightly 

 thickened below the base and somewhat bent; tarsi yellowish or 

 reddish-yellow, 3rd joint piceous ; claws reddish-yellow. 



Abdomen ; underside reddish-yellow or reddish-brown. 



Length, 3^— 3| lines. 



We have taken this pretty species in some numbers, by beating 

 oak trees at Lewisham, in August. We observed it also in tlie 

 collections of Mr. Dale and the late Messrs. Curtis and lugall. 



Genus 2. — Paktilius, Cicrf. 



^ elongate, broad, parallel ; ? somewhat oval. 



Head wider across the eyes than long ; Crown flattish, with a deep 

 central channel extending as far as in a line with the front of tlio 

 eyes ; Glypeii,s convex ; apex rounded, overhanging the face ; Face 

 vertical ; central lobe convex, longish, broad ; side lobes short, 

 somewhat stout ; rounded outwardly ; antenniferous processes short. 

 Antennce stout, inserted in a line Avith the under half of the eyes ; 

 1st joint almost as long as the pronotum ; 2nd clavate, about 3 times 

 as long as the 1st ; 3rd as long as the 1st ; 4th half as long as the 

 3rd. JEyes large ; hemispheric above ; viewed from the side oval. 

 nostrum reaching to the 2nd pair of coxte ; 1st joint reaching to 

 the xyphus of the prosternum. 



Thorax. — Pronotum trapezoidal, with a collar in front ; sides 

 slightly concave, wider than the collar, from behind which they 

 are margined and rounded anteriorly ; liinder angles rounded, and 

 slightly raised ; posterior margin convex, indented in the middle ; 



