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line with the middle of the eyes; antenniferous processes short, 

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

 tral lobe longish, convex ; side lobes short, narrow. Antennae 

 shorter than the body ; 1st joint stout, shorter than the head ; 2nd 

 31^ to 4 times as long as the l^^t, in the $ stouter than the ? , and 

 very slightly thickened to 1;he apex ; ? slightly clavate ; 3rd and 

 4th filiform, 3rd f rds the length of the 2nd, 4th frds the length of 

 the 3rd. Fijes large, viewed from above somewhat hemispherical, 

 from the side oval. Bostnim reaching beyond the 3rd pair of coxae ; 

 1st joint reaching to the middle of the xyphus of the prosternum. 



Thorax. — Pronotum short, trapezoidal, twice as broad across the 

 posterior margin as long, with 2 more or less distinct callosities in 

 front ; anterior margin straight, very slightly indented in the 

 middle, angles rounded ; sides convex ; hinder angles short, some- 

 what obtuse ; posterior margin straight ; disk convex, deflected to 

 the head. Scutellum convex, triangular, almost equilateral, level 

 with or slightly raised above the clavus, with a transverse channel 

 near the base. Elytra longer than the abdomen; Clavus convex, 

 deflected to the corium ; Corium flattish convex ; horizontal as far 

 as the jimction with the cuneus and membrane, which are deflected ; 

 Cuneus triangular. Sternum: Prosternum; xyphus short, trian- 

 gular, sides convex ; Mesostermun convex, shortened posteriorly, 

 posterior margin convex, slightly notched in the middle ; JSIeta- 

 sternum in the middle short angled, margin somewhat raised. 

 Legs : thighs ; 3rd pair stout ; tarsi slender ; 2nd joint longer than 

 the 3rd. 



Species 1. — Psallus salicellus. 



Capsus salicelltjs, Meyer, Caps. 74, 47 (1843); U. Sclif. Wanz. vi, 47, 

 fig. 605 (1842). 

 — (Capsus) salicellus, Flor, Rbyn. Liv. i, 590, 72 (1 860). 

 PsALLUS SALICELLUS, Fieb. Europ. Hem. 305, 1 (1861). 



Grrayish-yellow, generally with a reddish tinge, clothed with fine, 

 short, depressed, silver-white hairs, somewhat disposed in irre- 

 gular patches. Elytra thickly and irregularly spotted with 

 brown, leaving the intermediate spaces of a somewhat round 

 form. Thighs; 3rd pair broadly brown at the apex. 



Head. —Antennae 'yellowish ; 1st joint at the base and before the 



