uD'^ CAPSINA. 



joint about |rcls the leugtli of tlic prouotuui; 2ud stout, about 

 31rd times as long as the 1st; 3rd and 4th filiform, together a 

 little longer than the 2nd ; 4th more than h the length of the 3rd. 

 Ji!//es large, somewhat prominent ; viewed from above hemispherical, 

 from the side oval. Eodrum reaching to the ord pair of coxae ; 1st 

 joint stout, reaching to the xyphus of the prosternum. 



Thorax. — Fronotnm somewhat campauuiate, broader than long ; 

 anterior margin almost straight, angles somewhat acute ; sides con- 

 cave ; hinder angles not raised ; posterior margin concave, rounded 

 towards and at the hinder angles. Scutelliim triangular, equilateral, 

 level with the clavus, with a transverse channel near the base. 

 Elytra longer than the abdomen ; Clavus slightly convex, deflected 

 to the corium ; Coriicm horizontal, slightly convex, very slightly 

 deflected at the junction with the cuneus and membrane ; Cuneus 

 long, triangular. Sternum ; Prosternum triangular ; Mesosternum 

 convex, in front reduced to a fine edge, posteriorly shortened, and 

 with a channel in the centre ; Metasternum broad, very short, angle 

 shortened. Legs long and thin ; 3rd pair longest ; tarsi longish, 

 slender ; 2nd joint of the 3rd pair longer than the 3rd ; 1st shortest. 



Species 1. — Btrsoptera caricis. 



Capsus CAracis, Tall. Ilcm. Suec. i, 323, 15 (1S29); Me;/cr, Caps. 



GG (1S13); Salilb. Geoc. Ten. 92, 3 (ISiS); Kirschb. 



Caps. 70, 77 (?); 75, 11, & 114, 11 {$) (1855). 

 Cyllecouis caricis, Halm, Wauz. ii, 100, fig. ISl (1833). 

 Halticus eufifuons, Biirm. Handb. ii, 278, 3 (1835). 

 Capsijs — //. Schf. Wauz. iii, 110, fi-. 338 (1836) ; Menci; 



Caps. 105 ( 1813). 



ByRSOPTERA ERYTIIROCEPIIALA, Spui. EsS. 191 (1810). 



BxiYocoRis iiuririioxs, Sahlh. Geoc. Feu. 124, 1 (1848). 

 Capsus (Capsus) eueifrons, Flor, Rhjn. Liv, i, 622, 97 (ISGO). 

 Maltuacus caricis, Fieb. Europ. Hem. 312 (ISGl). 



$ Blade, clothed with fine, short, 3'ellowish hairs. 



Head shining. Antennce clothed with fine, short, yellowish-w^hito 

 hairs; 1st joint brownish-yellow, frequently black ; 2nd black ; 3rd 

 and 4th pale yellowish. Eyes ve^, or brownish-red. Hostruin ; lat 

 joint generally blade; 2ud and 3rd pale ; tip black. 



