398 CAPSINA. 



eyes as long ; Crown flat ; Glypeus convex, apex and the short anten- 

 niferous processes in a line with the underside of the eyes ; side 

 lobes somewhat triangular, stout, convex ; Face obtuse, central lobe 

 convex, stout ; side lobes short, somewhat triangular, outwardly 

 slightly concave. Antenncs shorter than the body ; 1st joint stout, 

 f ths as long as the head ; 2nd stout, thickened to the apex, 21 times 

 longer than the 1st ; 3rd and 4th thinner, 3rd about f ths as long as the 

 2nd, 4th somewhat fusiform, as long as the 1st. Tlyes large, promi- 

 nent, their hinder margins resting on the anterior margin of the pro- 

 notum ; viewed from above almost spherical, from the side short oval. 

 Mostmm stout, reaching to the 3rd pair of coxse ; 1st joint almost 

 reaching to the end of the xyphus of the presternum. 



Thorax. — Pronotum short, trapeziform ; 2\ times as broad across 

 the posterior margin as long, with 2 callosities behind the concave 

 anterior margin, angles rounded ; sides concave ; hinder angles 

 short, acute, slightly raised ; posterior margin slightly concave, 

 rounded from the basal angles of the scutellum towards and at the 

 binder angles; disk flattish in the middle, deflected to the head, 

 sides convex. Scutellum triangular, equilateral, slightly raised above 

 the clavus, with a transverse channel near the base ; anterior por- 

 tion flat, deflected to the transverse channel ; hinder portion flattish 

 in the middle ; sides convex. Elytra longer than the abdomen ; 

 Clavus convex, deflected to the corium ; Corium horizontal, convex, 

 flattish at the base between the claval suture and 1st nerve ; cuneus 

 and membrane slightly deflected ; Cuneus long, narrow, triangular. 

 Sternum : Prostermcm ; xyphus short, triangular, strongly margined ; 

 3£esosternum ; posterior margin notched in the centre, sides convex ; 

 Metasternum short, conical. Legs : tihice ; 3rd pair slightly bent 

 inwardly below the base ; tarsi long ; 2nd and 3rd joints almost of 

 equal length ; 1st very short ; claws long. 



Species 1. — Conostethus roseus. 



Capsus boseus, Fall. Hem. Suec. i, 124, 17 (1829). 



— (Capsus) aridellus, Flor, Rhyn. Liv. i, 556, 50 (1860). 

 Conostethus koseus, Fleb. Europ. Hem. 299 & 393, 394 (1861). 



(J brownish-pink, clothed with very short, fine, white hairs. 



Head black, dull ; Crown with a small, shining, black spot near 

 the hinder margin of each eye ; Clypeus in front, with a w-shaped 

 patch, and side lobes yellowish-white; Face; central lobe yellow, 



