288 CAPSINA. 



basal angle black ; Memlrane ; cell-nerves black ; apex of tbe inner 

 cell-nerve yellowish. The other characters as in the ? . 



$ Head almost as long as the prouotum, finely punctured ; 

 CroivUt central furrow deep, terminating in a line with the front of 

 the eyes ; Cli/peus notched at the apex, the antenuiferous processes 

 sometimes, and a central line, piceous. Antennce brownish or 

 brownisli-pink, clothed with short, stout, somewhat erect, yellow 

 hairs ; 1st joint with a broad black streak along the outside, fre- 

 quently extending throughout its entire length, sometimes wanting 

 in the $ ; apical half of the 3rd and 4th entirely piceous. Bostrum 

 brownish-yellow, tip brown. 



Thorax. — Prouotum, anterior margin concave ; sides narrowly 

 margined, almost straight, with a deep triangular fovea at the an- 

 terior margin of the flat callosities ; hinder angles rounded, slightly 

 raised ; posterior margin almost straight ; disk flattish convex, pos- 

 teriorly finely wrinkled transversely, witb a central and 2 side keels 

 yellowish-white, frequently margined with piceous. Scutellum 

 sometimes rosy, with a pale, yellow, central keel, the latter generally 

 margined with piceous. Elytra; Clavus, inner margin narrowly 

 piceous, disk on each side of the yellowish nerve frequently more or 

 less piceous, suture yellowish ; Cormm nerves pale yellowish ; Mem- 

 brane black, below the inner cell-nerve, and extending to the apex, 

 a triangular whitish patch ; cell-nerves yellowish or brownish ; 

 inner cell white. Leys brownish, or brownish-yellow, thickly covered 

 with long yellowish hairs, especially on the tibire ; thighs of the 2nd 

 and 3rd pairs cut ofli" obliquely on the underside before and to 

 the apex ; 3rd with two longitudinal rows of black spots on the 

 upper, and one row on the underside ; sometimes the 2nd pair 

 have a row on the upperside, or the 1st a row on the inside ; tihice, 

 3rd pair almost straight, a little thickened below the base ; tai-si, 

 apex of the 3rd pair, and frequently the extreme apex of the 1st and 

 2nd, and claios piceous. 



Length, 3^ — 4 lines. 



An abundant species everywhere, by sweeping and searching 

 amongst herbage in August and September. 



