43& CAPSINA. 



together as long as, or rather shorter than the 2nd. Eyes large, 

 prominent, above hemispherical ; viewed from the side, short oval. 

 Bostntm reaching to the 2nd or 3rd pair of coxte ; 1st joint stout, free, 

 reacliing almost to the end of the xyplius of the presternum. 



Thorax. — Pronotiim short trapeziform, twice as broad across the pos- 

 terior margin as long, and with 2 callosities in front ; anterior margin 

 straight, angles rounded ; sides straight ; hinder angles short, rounded, 

 somewhat raised ; posterior margin concave in the middle, rounded to- 

 wards and at the hinder angles. Scutellum triangular, equilateral, 

 flattish convex, almost level with the clavus, and with a transverse 

 channel near the base. Elytra in the ^ longer than the abdomen, 

 convex horizontal as far as the junction with the cuneus and mem- 

 brane, which are deflected ; Cuneus long, triangular ; in the $ very 

 convex, shorter than the abdomen, without cuneus and membrane, 

 gradually widening from the base to the rounded apex. Sternum : 

 Proster7ium ; xyphus triangular, sides margined ; Mesosternum 

 short, convex, elevated posteriorly ; posterior margin indented in 

 the middle; JMetastermim short, convex. Leys; thiyJis stout; 3rd 

 pair thickened, stouter in the ? than the ^ ; tihice ; 3rd pair 

 long ; tarsi ; 2nd joint longest. 



Species 1. — Okthocephalus mutabilis. 



Capsus mutabilis, Fall. Mon. Cim. 98, 4 (1807) ; Hem. Succ. i, 118, 5 

 (1829); Kirschb. Caps. 83, 107 (1855). 



— piLosus, Eahii, Waiiz. ii, 96, fig. 181 (1831); iJieye/-, Caps. 59 



21 (1813). 



— (Capsus) pilosus, Flor, Rliyn Liv. i, 561, 56 (1860). 

 Oethocepiialus mutabilis, Fieb. Europ. Hem. 291, 8 (1861). 



Black, covered with yellow scales and long, erect, black hairs. Leys 

 entirely black. 



Head. — Croivn ; near each eye a small reddish spot. Antennce 

 black, with long, almost erect, black hairs. Eostrum black. 



Thorax. — Pronotum in the <^ slightly deflected to the head ; in 

 the ? almost horizontal. Elytra of the ^ : Clavus black ; Cor'mm . 

 pitchy brown ; anterior margin black ; ciliate ; disk along the claval 

 suture more or leas broadly pale brownish-yellow, and somewhat 

 diaphanous ; Cuneus black ,• Memhrane brownish-black, witli a broad, 



