402 CAPSINA. 



species 2. — Plagiognathus akbustorum. 



Capsus akbustorum, J'ai. E.S. iv, 175, 141, (1794); S.R. 238, 174 (1803); 



H. Schf. Wauz. iii, SO, fig. 300 (1836) ; Meyer, 



Caps. 64, 33, tab. 3, fig. 1 (1843) ; Saklb. Geoc. 



ren.115, 55 (1848); Kirschb. Caps.99, 145 (1855). 



Phytocokis akbustouum, Fall. Hem. Suec. i, 104, 52 (1829); Zeft. 



Ins. Lap. 275, 25 (1839). 

 — LUGUBRis, Eahn, Wanz. ii, 138, fig. 225 (1834). 



Capsus brunnipennis, Meyer, Caps. 66, 35, tab. 3, fig. 3 (1843) ; 

 Kirschb. Caps. 99, 144 (1855). 



— HORTENSis, Meyer, Caps. 65, 34, tab. 3, fig. 2 (1843) ; Kirschb. 



Caps. 100, 146 (1855). 



— (Capsus) arbustorum, Flor, Rliyn. Liv. i, 602, 81 (1860). 

 Plagiognathus — Fieb. Europ. Hem. 302, 1 (1861). 



Black, brownish-yellow, or olive-green, thickly '"lothed with black 

 hairs. Corium ; anterior margin ciUate. 



Sead black ; Crown ; hinder margin with a Lmusverse, yellowish 

 streak. AntenncB clothed with very short blaili hairs; 1st and 2nd 

 joints black ; 3rd and 4th brownish, or pale brownish-yellow, base of 

 the 3rd narrowly blackish. Eyes black. Mostriim black ; apex of 

 the 2nd joint yellowish. 



Thorax. — 'Pronotum in front to behind the ;aiijsitiea in brownish- 

 yellow examples black ; in olive-green examples brown or brownish. 

 Scutellum ; hinder portion transversely wrinkled ^ in brownish-yellow 

 examples black, basal angles yellowish or roddish-yellow ; in olive- 

 green examples frequently brown, basal angles yellowish. Elytra: 

 Clavm ; inner margin pitchy black ; disk Mcmewhat thickly covered 

 with very minute brown punctures ; Corium ; anterior margin ciliate ; 

 in brownish-yellow examples broadly browE. broadest at the apex, 

 within the base narrowly yellowish ; in oliv3~f>Teen examples more or 

 less narrowly piceous, within the base sometimes narrowly pale- 

 yellowish ; disk somewhat thickly covered with very minute brown 

 punctures ; Cuneus in brownish-yellow examples orange-yellow or 

 reddish ; anterior margin brownish ; in olive-green examples yellowish- 

 green ; anterior margin piceous ; Membrane blackish, iridescent ; 

 cells, especially the inner one, darker ; outer cell-nerve towards the 

 apex interiorly with a narrow black margin ; between the apex of 

 the cuneus and the inner cell-nerve a white, triangular patch, and 



