336 CAPSINA. 



Species 2. — Litosoma striicornis. 



Capsus STRiicouxis. Kirsclib. Caps. 78, 9G, and 113, 14 (1S55). 



— (Capsus) striicoknis, Tlor, Rhj-n. Liv. i, 615, 91 (1800). 

 Okxiiotylus striicoknis, Fleh. Europ. Hem. 289, 7 (1S61). 



Elongate, almost parallel. Pale greeu, clothed with fine, depressed, 

 pale yellow hairs. Antennce ; 1st joint underneath, with a 

 longitudinal, black streak. 



Head. — Antennce greenish or yellowish-green, clothed with fine, 

 short, yellow hairs ; 1st joint underneath, with a longitudinal black 

 streak. Eyes blackish or brown. Eostrum green or yellow ; tip 

 brown. 



Thorax. — Pronotum with 2 callosities behind the anterior margin, 

 connected in front by a short, transverse keel ; posterior margin 

 concave, slightly rounded towards and at the hinder angles ; disk 

 convex, finely wrinkled transversely. Scutellum raised above the 

 clavus ; anterior portion convex, deflected to the transverse channel ; 

 posterior portion convex. Elytra diaphanous; Clavus ; nerve some- 

 what stout, and prominent ; Membrane very pale gray, iridescent ; 

 cell-nerves bright green, frequently with a green spot in the outer 

 cell, towards the middle of the outer nerve. Legs green ; tldrjhs 

 clothed with fine, yellow hairs ; tibice yellowish or greenish-yellow, 

 with fine, somewhat spinose, yellowish hairs ; tarsi yellowish or 

 greenish-yellow ; apex of the 3rd joint and claws brown. 



Abdomen green ; underneath clothed with fine, yellow hairs. 



Length, 2 — 2^ lines. 



Very closely allied to L. viridinervis, but easily distinguished from 

 that species by the black streak on the underside of the 1st joint of 

 the antennae. 



It has occurred sparingly at Eltham, in August, in hedges 

 amongst sallow, &c., by beating. 



