CAPSTi).^. 433 



^ elongate, $ oval. Black ; thickly covered with white scales and 

 short, fine, depressed yellow hairs ; Head of the $ wider across 

 the eyes than the (^ ; 2nd joint of the Anteiince of the ? stout, 

 fusiform-clavate. 



Head. — Grown of the ? depressed on each side next the hinder 

 margin. Antennce ; 2nd joint in the ^ slightly thickened from the 

 base to the apex ; in the ? stout, fusiform-clavate, clothed with 

 short black hairs. Hostruvi brown. 



Thorax. — Pronotum finely wrinkled transversely. Elytra finely 

 shagreencd ; Memhrane black ; between the apex of the cuneus and 

 the inner cell-nerve a white patch ; inner cell white. Legs black. 



Length, (J 2, ? If line. 



Scarce. By sweeping Genista thictoria, in July, near Hartley, 

 Northumberland {Bold) ; Wales (Wbllasto?i), no date nor locality. 



Species 2. — Heterocordylus leptocerus. 



Capsus MUTABiLis, Ha/iM, Wanz. ii, 95, fig. ISO (1834), $ ? 



— LEPTOCEKUS, Kirschb. Caps. 85, 112 & 149, 17 (1855). 

 Heterocordylus leptocerus, Fieb. Europ. Hem. 290, 3 (1861). 



^ elongate, almost parallel. Black, covered with white scales and 

 short, fine, depressed, yellowish hairs. 



Head. — Crown with a fovea near each eye, adjoining the hinder 

 marginal keel. Antennce ; 2nd joint very slightly thickened from 

 the base to the apex ; -ith at the apex reddish-yellow. Jiostrimi 

 pitchy brown. 



Thorax. — Pronotum very finely wrinkled transversely ; callosities 

 almost obsolete. Scutellum very finely wrinkled transversely. Elytra 

 finely shagreened ; Membrane dark brown ; between the apex of the 

 cuneus and the inner cell a pale patch; cell -nerves pitchy brown ; 

 inner cell pale. Leys black. 



Length, 2 lines. 



We have seen only one example, taken by Dr. Power, in Park- 

 hurst Forest, Ivsle of Wight, in July, 1861. It agrees in all respects 

 with the descriptions of Kirschbaum and Fieber, except the outer 

 cell of the membrane, which is described by them as being darker 

 than the other portion. Kirschbaum says, " not common on flowers 

 in fir-woods, in July." 



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