370 f'APSINA. 



somewhat prominent, viewed from above semicircular, from the side 

 short oval, perpendicular. Rostrum reaching to the 2nd pair of 

 coxae; 1st joint much shorter than the head. 



Thorax. — Fronotum longish trapeziform, with a narrow collar 

 in front, and 2 almost obsolete callosities behind the latter ; 3 times 

 broader across the posterior margin than the anterior one ; anterior 

 margin indented in the middle, angles rounded ; sides slightly con- 

 cave ; hinder angles short ; posterior margin concave, rounded 

 towards and at the hinder angles ; disk very convex, and greatly 

 deflected to the head. Scutellum triangular, considerably raised 

 above the clavus, with a transverse channel in the centre, anterior 

 portion in the middle almost flat, deflected to the transverse channel ; 

 basal angles concave, sides steep, and at their junction with the 

 upper surface forming a narrow keel ; hinder portion very convex. 

 Elytra longer than the abdomen ; Clavus convex, deflected to the 

 corium ; Corium horizontal, almost flat ; anterior margin contracted 

 before the middle ; cuueus and membrane deflected. Cuneiis 

 somewhat long, narrow, triangular. Sternum : Frosternum ; xyphiis 

 triangular, equilateral, distinctly margined ; Mesosternum convex, 

 somewhat depressed posteriorly, with a broad channel down the 

 centre ; Metasternum flattish convex, in the centre broad, the angle 

 obtuse. Legs long, somewhat slender ; tarsi ; 3rd joint of the 3rd 

 pair longer than the 2nd ; 1st f the length of the 2nd. 



Abdomen very much narrowed at the base. 



Species 1. — Systellonotus triguttatus. 



ClMEX TRIGUTTATUS, Ltfl. S. N. 729. 94 (1767). 



Lyg^us — Fad. S. R. 239, 183 (1803). 



Cafsus — Fall. Hem. Suec. i, 121, 12 (1829); Mej/er, 



Caps. 90, 74 (1843); Sahib. Geoc. Fen. 92, 

 2 (1848); KirsM. Caps. 51, 40, & 110, 40 

 (1855). 



Cyllecoris triguttatus, Ha/m, Wauz. ii, 99, fig. 185 (1835). 



Capsus (Capsus) triguttatus, Flor, Rliyn. Liv. i, 480, 8 (1860). 



Systellonotus — Fiel>. Europ. Hem. 323 (1861). 



Reddish-brown, sparingly clothed with somewhat erect, yellowish 

 hairs. Elytra ; Clavus with a narrow silver band ; Corium 

 with 2 broad silver-white bands. Abdomen very much con- 

 tracted at the base. 



