CAPSiu.^. 435 



body, of variable thickness, 1st joint somewhat clavate, shorter than 

 the head ; 2nd almost 4 times as long as the 1st, cylindrical -fusi- 

 form, or gradually thickened to the apex ; 3rd and 4th filiform, 

 together as long or nearly as long as the 2nd, 4th more than ^ the 

 length of the 3rd. ^yes large, prominent, viewed from above hemi- 

 spherical, from the side long oval. Bostrum free, reaching to beyond 

 the 3rd pair of coxse ; 1st joint reaching to the middle of the xyphus 

 of the prosternum. 



Thorax. — Pronotum trapeziform, twice as broad on the posterior 

 margin as long, and with 2 more or less distinct callosities in front ; 

 anterior margin straight, longer in the ? than the ^, angles 

 rounded ; sides very slightly convex ; hinder angles short, some- 

 what rounded ; posterior margin slightly concave ; disk flattish 

 convex, deflected to the head. Scutellum triangular, equilateral, a 

 little raised above the clavus, and with a transverse channel near 

 the base. Elytra longer than the abdomen, horizontal as far as the 

 junction with the cuneus and membrane, which are deflected ; 

 Clavus convex, deflected to the corium; Coritwi flattish convex 

 between the claval suture and the 1st nerve, between the latter and 

 the anterior margin convex ; Cuneus triangular, the base and anterior 

 margin sometimes of almost equal length. Sternum: Frosternuin; 

 xyphus triangular, somewhat convex ; Mesosternum convex, elevated 

 posteriorly, centre channeled ; posterior margin almost straight, 

 centre convex, indented ; Metasternum very obtuse, centre somewhat 

 convex. Legs : thighs ; 3rd pair stoutest, flattened on the sides ; 

 tarsi; 3rd pair, the joints of almost equal length. 



Species 1. — Atractotomus magnicornis. 



Capsus magnicornis. Fall. Mou. Cim. 99, 7 (1807 ; Hem. Suec. i, 119, 

 8(1829); Zell. Ins. Lap. 27S, 'i{lSZ9) ; Kirschb. 

 Caps. 91, 126 & p. 118 (1855). 

 — (Capsus) magnicoknis, Flor, Rhyn. Liv. i, 575, 62 (1860). 



Atractotomus — Fieb. Europ. Hem. 294, 8 (1861). 



$ Black, covered with fine, golden-yellow and white scales inter- 

 mixed, and short, almost erect, black hairs ; tihics yellowish- 

 white, with small black spots, and somewhat spinose black 

 hairs. 



