400 CAPSINA. 



"We have taken this species in abundance by sweeping amongst 

 short grass, &c., in a field at Eltliam, in June. At Scarborough, 

 amongst Litliospermum officinale and arvense, and on the flowers of 

 Echium vulgnre, in July {WilMnson). 



l^AMiLY 12.— PSALLro^. 



Genus 1. — Plagiognathus, Fleb. 

 Longish, narrow, ahnost parallel. 



Head almost vertical in front, 14- time as broad across the eyes as 

 long ; Crown slightly convex, almost level with the upper margin of 

 the eyes. Clypeus flattish, very much deflected ; base level with the 

 anterior margin of the eyes ; apex projecting a little beyond and in a 

 line with the middle of the eyes ; antenniferous processes short, in a line 

 with the middle of the lower half of the eyes ; Face pointed ; central 

 lobe longish, convex, prominent ; side lobes short, narrow, rounded 

 outwardly. Antennce shorter than the body; 1st joint shorter than 

 the head, clavate ; 2nd 3 times longer than the 1st, slightly thick- 

 ened to the apex ; 3rd and 4th filiform, 3rd f rds the length of the 

 2nd, 4th \ the length of the 3rd. Eijes large, prominent ; viewed 

 from above almost hemispherical, from the side short oval. Nos- 

 trum reaching to the 2nd abdominal segment ; 1st joint reaching 

 nearly to the middle of the xyphus of the presternum. 



Thorax. — Pronotum short, trapeziforra, twice as broad across the 

 posterior margin as long, with 2 more or less distinct callosities 

 behind the indented anterior margin, angles rounded ; sides 

 straight ; hinder angles somewhat acute ; posterior margin straight, 

 slightly rounded from the basal angles of the scutellum to the 

 hinder angles ; disk flattish convex, deflected to the head. Scu- 

 tellum triangular, almost level with tlie clavus, with a transverse 

 channel near the base; anterior portion convex, deflected to the 

 transverse channel; hinder portion flattish convex. Elytra longer 

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

 horizontal, flattish convex ; cuneus and membraue slightly deflected ; 

 Cuneus longish, triangular ; base somewhat broad. Sternum : Pro- 

 sternum ; xyphna triangular, convex ; Mesosterniim convex, in the 

 middle in front compressed into a small triangle, with a short oblique 

 channel on each side ; posterior margin almost straight, very slightly 

 notched in the middle ; Metasterniim slightly convex, centre promi- 

 nent and angular. Legs ; thighs somewhat stout ; 3rd pair flattened 

 on the sides ; tarsi ; 2nd joint of the 3rd pair longer than the 3rd. 



