404 CAPSINA. 



portion convex. Elytra longer than the abdomen ; Clavus convex, 

 deflected to the corium ; Con'um convex, liorizoutal, as far as the 

 junction with the cuneus and membrane, whicli are deflected ; Cuneus 

 longiyh ; base broad. Sternum : Prosternum ; xyphus short, trian- 

 gular, convex ; base margined ; apex rounded ; Mesosternum short, 

 horizontal, convex, with a central channel ; posterior margin convex, 

 slightly notched in the middle ; in front somewhat compressed into 

 a small triangle in the centre ; Metasternum ; centre convex, angle 

 short. Legs : thighs ; 3rd pair somewhat stout ; tarsi ; 2nd joint 

 as long as the 3rd ; 1st more than \ the length of the 2nd. 



Species 1. — Apocremnus ambiguus. 



Phytocohis ambiguus, Fall. Mon. Cim. 89, 04 (1S07) ; Hem. Suec. i, 

 99, 14 (1829) ; Zelt. lus. Lap. 274, 17 (1839). 



Capsus — U. Schf. Wanz. vi, 43, %. G02 (1842) ; Mei/er, 



Caps. 60, 27, (1843) ; Sahib. Geoc. Fen. 114, 

 51 (1848) ; KirscM. Caps. 94, 132 (1855). 

 — (Capsus) ambiguus, Flor, Rhyn. Liv. i, C27, 100 (1860). 



Apocremnus ambiguus, Fieb. Europ. Hem. 304, 2 (1861). 



(J black or piceou3 ; $ reddish or brownish-red, clothed with fine, 

 short, depressed, golden-yellow hairs. 



^ Head. — Croion ; hinder margin yellowish or bro^^^lish-yeUow. 

 Antennae black ; 4th joint brownish. Eges black. Rostrum 

 piceous. 



Thorax ; JElytra black or piceous, somewhat diaphanous ; Clavus ; 

 inner margin in piceous examples, narrowly black ; suture in black 

 examples narrowly pale ; Corium ; anterior margin in piceous 

 examples, broadly brown ; extreme base yellowish or reddish-yellow ; 

 space between the 1st nerve and the anterior margin reddish-brown ; 

 in black examples the anterior margin darkest ; space between the 

 1st nerve and the latter somewhat brownish ; Cuneus reddish or 

 brownish-red ; base narrowly pale ; Membrane blackish ; iridescent ; 

 between the apex of the cuneus and the outer cell-nerve a white, 

 triangular patch, below which is a large, black, triangular patch, 

 extending to the apex of the anterior margin; inner marginal 

 nerve black ; cell-nerves brownish or yellowish ; apex white ; base 

 of the outer cell, for a short distance, exteriorly margined with 

 white; apex of the inner cell narrowly white. Sternum black. 



