368 " CAPSINA. 



vex, slightly notched in the middle ; JSLetasternum convex ; centre 

 prominent, almost hemispherical ; posterior margin elevated, centre 

 obtvisely angled. Legs long, thin; 3rd pair longest ; tlilglis oi the 

 1st and 2nd pairs almost cylindrical ; 3rd pair slightly flattened on 

 the sides ; tarsi short, 3rd joint of the 3rd pair longer than the 

 2Dd ; 1st joint shortest. 



Species 1. — Cyllocouis histrionicus. 



CiMEX HisTRioNicus, Lin. S. N. 728, 89 (17G7); Schmnk, Enum. Ins. 



Aust. 286, 550 (1781). 

 LYGiEus AGiLis, Fcib. E. S. iv, 182 170 (1794); Wolff. Ic. Cim. 150, tab. 



15, fig. 147, a, h (1804). 

 Capsus — Fab. S. R. 247, 31 (1803) ; Fall. Hem. Suec. i, 120, 10 



(1829). 

 Cyllocokis AGiLis, Hahti. Wanz. ii, 98, %. 182 (1833). 

 Phytocokis histrionicus, Burm. Handb. ii, 267, 2 (1835). 

 Capsus — Meyer, Caps. 90, 75 (1843) ; Sahlh. Geoc. 



Fen. 96, 9 (1848) ; Kirschb. Caps. 43, 20 



(1855). 

 POLYMERUS (KeLIDOCORIs) HISTRIONICUS, KoUn. Mel. Eut. ii, 102, 74 



(1845). 

 Capsus (Capsus) histrionicus, Flor, Rhyn. Liv. i, 475, 5 (ISGO). 

 Cyllocoris — Fieh. Eiirop. Hem. 282 (1861). 



Black, shining. 



Head. — Crown in the centre behind the eyes, with a small yel- 

 lowish or yellowish-white spot. Aniennce ; 1st joint yellowish-red, 

 red or brown, base narrowly black, immediately followed by a 

 narrow yellow band, or entirely yellow except the black base, and 

 the apex more or less red ; 2nd black, clothed with very short dark 

 hairs ; 3rd and 4th brown, apex of the latter more or less reddish- 

 brown. Bostrum yellow, tip black or brown. 



Thorax. — Pronotum ; the collar, a central line reaching from be- 

 tween the callosities to the posterior margin, and a transverse broad 

 band within the latter yellow, or yellowish-white. Sciitelhtm from the 

 transverse channel to the apex orange-yellow or yellow. Elytra ; 

 Clavus yellow, somewhat coarsely shagreened, base frequently black, 

 transversely wrinkled ; inner margin and nerve as far as the apical 

 angle black ; Corium ; anterior margin black at the base, with a 

 short yellow streak immediately beyond extending for a little way 



