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margin of the pronotum. Elytra horizontal, longer than the abdo- 

 men, deflected at the junction with the cuneus and membrane ; 

 Clavus convex, deflected to the corium ; Corium flattish convex, flat 

 at the base between the claval suture and the 1st nerve ; Cuneus 

 triangular, the anterior margin a little longer than the base. 

 Sternum : Prosternum ; xyphus triangular, sides keeled ; Meso- 

 sternum horizontal, sides somewhat convex, above flattish, depressed 

 posteriorly in the middle, and slightly channeled ; posterior margin 

 convex, slightly indented in the middle ; Metasternum ; middle 

 angled, prominent, with a callosity in the centre. Legs : tarsi ; 2nd 

 joint of the 3rd pair somewhat longer than the 3rd. 



Species 1. — Orthops Kalmii. 



CiMEx Kalmii, Liu. F. S. 948 (1761) ; S. N. 728, Si (1767). 



Lyg^us flavovarius, Fab. E. S. iv, 178, 154 (1797) ; Fall. Mon. Cini. 



86, 56 (1807). 

 PHyTocoEis PLAvovARius, Fad. S. K. 213, 10 (1803); Fall. Hem. Suec. 

 i, 93, 31 (1839) ; Ha/in, Wauz. i, 211, fig. 

 109 (1832) ; Bum. Haudb. ii, 272, 24 (1835). 

 Capsus Kalmi, H. Sc/if. Nom. Eut. i, 52 (1835); 3Iei/er, Caps. 105, 95 

 (1843); Salilb. Geoc. Een. 112,47 (1848); KirscM. 

 Caps. 65, 68, & 113 (1855). 

 — TEANSVEKSALis, H. Sc/if. Nom. Ent. i, 52 (1835). 

 Phytocokis Kalmii, Zelt. Ins. Lap. 274, 20(1839); AWe«. Mel. Ent. 



ii, 122, 103 (1845). 

 Capsus (Capsus) Kalmi, Flor, Rhyn. Liv. i, 521, 29 (1860). 

 Obthops flavovaeius and Kalmi, Fieb. Europ. Hem. 278, 6 & 7 (1361). 



Yellow, or greenish-yellow, with black or brown markings ; clothed 

 with fine, short, depressed, yellow hairs ; next the apex of the 

 corium, a more or less distinct transverse black or brown band ; 

 cuneus ; apex broadly black ; thighs, 8rd pair with 2 black rings 

 next the apex. 



Head frequently black ; Crown; posterior margin, and a line along 

 the inside of the eyes yellow or greenish-yellow ; or the head yellow- 

 ish or yellowish-gi-een, with a more or less broad black or brown 

 streak on each side the centre, extending from between the eyes to 

 the apex of the clypeus; Face, central lobe black or brown. 

 Antennae; 1st joint yellowish or brownish yellow, tlie base and 

 sometimes the apex with a narrow brown ring ; 2iid, jjiceous or 



