456 CAPSINA. 



Genus 5. — Lygus, Halm. 



Elongate, more or less oval. 



Head vertical iu front, broader across the eyes than long ; Grown 

 convex, deflected to the base of the clypeus, which is a little in front 

 of the eyes ; Clypeus convex ; apex slightly produced, and with the 

 short antenniferous processes in a line with the middle of the lower 

 half of the eyes ; Face ; central lobe long, broad, convex, a little 

 produced ; side lobes short, triangular,rounded outwardly. Antennce 

 as long, or almost as long, as the body ; 1st joint cylindrical, longer 

 than the head ; 2nd, 2^ to 3 times as long as the 1st; somewhat 

 clavate ; 3rd and 4th filiform, together almost as long as the 2nd, 

 4th about frds the length of the 3rd. Eyes large ; vieAved from 

 above somewhat hemispherical; from the side, long oval. Bostrum 

 reaching to beyond the 3rd pair of coxae ; 1st joint stout, free, reach- 

 ing almost to the end of the xyphus of the presternum. 



Thorax. — Pronotum trapeziform ; 1-^ time as broad as long, with 

 a collar and 2 callosities in front, the latter frequently joined ante- 

 riorly by a short, transverse keel ; anterior margin straight, angles 

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

 raised ; posterior margin convex ; disk convex, deflected to the head. 

 Scutelliun triangular, convex, raised above the clavus, and with a 

 transverse channel near the base ; the basal portion generally 

 concealed beneath the posterior margin of the pronotum. Elytra 

 longer than the abdomen ; Clavus convex, deflected to the corium ; 

 Corium flattish convex ; horizontal as far as the junction with the 

 cuneus and membrane, which are deflected ; anterior margin flat ; 

 Cuneus long, triangular. Sternum : Presternum ; xyphus long, 

 narrow, triangular ; Mesostermim horizontal, with a central 

 channel ; sides convex ; posterior margin convex, notched in the 

 middle ; Metasternum ; in the middle convex ; broad ; angle short ; 

 prominent. Leys ; tarsi long ; 3rd joint of the 3rd pair as long as 

 the 2ud. 



