410 CAPSINA. 



We have only seen a few examples of this species taken at Darentb 

 Wood, on oaks, in June. 



Species 5. — x\pocremnus simillimus. 



Capsus (Capsus) simillimus, Kirschb. Caps. 93, 131 & 165, 26 (1855). 

 Apocremnus — Fleb. Europ. Hem. 304, 5 (1861). 



Dusky -yellowish with a reddish tinge, clothed with fine, depressed, 

 yellowi.sh-white hairs, somewhat disposed in irregular patches. 



Head. — Antennce yellowish or pale reddish-yellow. Rostrum 

 brownish-yellow; 1st joint reddish ; tip piceous. 



Thorax. — JBronotwm very finely wrinkled transversely ; sides some- 

 what ciliate. Scutellum grayish-yellow or yellowish-red. Elytra ; 

 Clavus dusky yellowish, with a reddish tinge, generally reddish 

 along the nerve ; Corium ; anterior margin and along the 1st nerve, 

 especially towards the apex, more or less broadly red ; Omieus red, 

 the base more or less broadly dusky yellow ; Membrane blackish, 

 iridescent, the disk broadly pale below the cells ; between the 

 apex of the cuneus and the inner cell-nerve a white patch ; outer 

 cell-nerve blackish ; apex and inner one red, or orange-yellow. 

 Legs ; tlmjlis red, orange-red, or orange-yellow ; apex narrowly yel- 

 lowish ; 3rd pair with 1 or 2 black spots on the upper margin before 

 the apex ; tibice with blackish or brownish-red spots and longish, 

 erect, somewhat spinose, black hairs ; apex narrowly brownish ; 

 tarsi yellowish ; apex of the 3rd joint and daws brownish. 



Length, If line. 



This species bears a strong resemblance to A. Qiierciis. We took 

 several specimens near Mickleham, in June and July, on, we believe, 

 Acer ca/)njpestre. 



Getius 3. — PsALLUs, Fieb. 



Short, oval. 



Head almost vertical in front, broader across the eyes than long ; 

 hinder margin not keeled ; Crown flattish convex, deflected to the 

 base of the clypeus, which is almost in a lino with the anterior 

 margin of the eyes ; Clypeus convex ; apex slightly produced, in a 



