CAPSIDiE. 431 



irregular, whitisli margin round the cells ; cell-nerves pitchy black ; 

 cells whitish ; in the outer cell towards the apex frequently 1 or 2 

 piceous spots : of the ? ; Clavus imperfectly separated from the 

 Corium, the latter without cunens and membrane, rounded at the 

 apex, and not covering the abdomen. Stermim in both sexes black. 

 Legs black; thighs clothed with long, erect, black hairs ; 3rd pair stout ; 

 tibicd with long, erect, somewhat spinose hairs ; tarsi and claws black. 



AlJomen black. 



Length, 2— 2^ lines. 



Not uncommon. By sweeping grass, &e., at "Weybridge, in July. 



Species 2. — Orthocephalus saltator. 



Capsus SALTATOR, i?(7/?», "VVanz. iii, 11, fig. 236 (1835); 3Iei/e)\ Caps. 

 112, 106 (1813); Kirschb. Caps. S3, 108, & p. 118 

 (1855). 



— niRTUs, Curt. B. E. XV, pi. 693 (1838). 



— (Capsus) mutabilis, Flor, Eliyn. Liv. i, 567, 58 (1860). 

 Orthocephalus saltator, Fieb. Europ. Hera. 291, 6 (1861). 



Black, covered with yellow scales and long, erect, black hairs ; 

 tihice reddish-yellow. 



Head. — Croion ; near each eye a small reddish-yellow spot. 

 Antennce; black, clothed with somewhat erect black hairs. Eostrum 

 black. 



Thorax. — Pronotum in the ^ deflected to the head, in the ? 

 almost horizontal. Elytra of the ^J pitchy brown ; Clavus; inner 

 margin narrowly black ; Corium ; anterior margin black, ciliate ; 

 Cuneus black ; Memhrane brown-black, iridescent ; cell-nerves 

 pitchy black ; cells brown-black : ? without cuneus or mem- 

 brane ; Clavus not separated from the corium ; the apex of the 

 latter rounded, and not covering the abdomen. Stermim black. 

 Legs black ; thighs with long, somewhat erect, black hairs ; tihice 

 reddish-yellow, base and apex black, the latter half frequently 

 black ; tarsi and claios black. 



Abdomen black. 



Length, S 2i, ? If lines. 



Not uncommon. By sweeping clover, grass, &c., in July and 

 August. Shirley ; Eltham ; Mickleham ; Folkestone ; Llantrissant, 

 South Wales; Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire (JVollaMon). 



