374 CAPSINA. 



Genus 4. — Idolocoris.* 



Elongate, narrow, parallel, or short and slightly oval ; ? sometimes 

 with rudimentary elytra. 



Head vertical in front, as wide as, or wider across the eyes, than 

 long ; transversely oval, but posteriorly produced into a neck, and 

 distinctly narrowed ; Croioii convex ; Clypeuft convex, apex in a line 

 with the base of the antennae ; antenniferous processes very short, 

 in a line with the middle of the lower half of the eyes ; Face some- 

 v^^hat narrow ; central lobe longish, convex ; side lobes short, slightly 

 concave outwardly. Antennce of variable length, much shorter than 

 the body ; 1st joint cylindrical, longer or shorter than the head ; 

 2ud clavate, 2-^ to 3 times as long as the 1st ; 3rd and 4th somewhat 

 thinner, together as long as, or longer, than the 2nd. Eyes large, 

 prominent, distended in front, viewed from above almost hemisphe- 

 rical, from the side, oval. Mostrum free, reaching to or beyond the 

 3rd pair of coxae ; 1st joint short, stout, not so long as the head. 



Thorax. — Pronottmi ; long trapeziform, broader across the pos- 

 terior margin than long ; anterior margin slightly indented in the 

 centre, with a broad collar and 2 callosities behind the latter ; sides 

 slightly concave ; hinder angles raised, sometimes reflexed ; pos- 

 terior margin very concave, rounded towards and at the hinder 

 angles ; disk convex, deflected to the callosities, sometimes with a 

 central longitudinal channel. Scutellum large, triangular, equi- 

 lateral, considerably raised above the clavus, with a deep transverse 

 channel a little before the middle; anterior and hinder portions 

 convex. Elytra longer than the abdomen ; Clavus flattish, deflected 

 to the corium ; Corium convex, horizontal as far as the junction with 

 the cuneus and membrane, which are slightly deflected ; Cuncus 

 longj triangular. Sternum: Prosternum; xyphus longish, triangular, 

 convex ; Mesosternum convex, deeply channeled in the centre ; pos- 

 terior margin rounded, notched in the middle ; Metastermim convex, 

 angle obtuse, sometimes raised into a callosity in the middle. Leys 

 long, or very long and slender ; 3rd pair longest ; thiylis of all the 

 pnirs of nearly equal thickness, and with two rows of spots on 

 each side next the apex; ta7'si long, 2nd joint longest; 1st and 3r(l 

 of nearly equal length. 



* \Sio\op, ail idol, x"P'f. 'I l^i'o- 



