406 CAPSINA. 



Species 2. — Apocremnus obscurus. 



Capsus obscukus, Kirsclib. Caps. 92, 128, & 162, 24 (1855) $ . 

 — Betul^, Eirschb. Caps. 94, 133, & 167, 27 (1855) ?. 



^ pitchy brown. Antennce ; 1st and 2od joints black. $ reddisb, 

 pale bi^owTiisb, or yellowisb-red. A?ifenncB ; 1st joint black ; 

 2nd yellow, apical 3rd black ; both sexes clotlied with fine, 

 depressed, golden-yellow hairs. 



(^ , Sead hlack. Anfennce ; 1st and 2nd joints black; 3rd and 

 4th brownish, base of the 3rd narrowly yellowish. Eijes brownish- 

 black. Rostrum brown, tip piceous. 



Tliorax. — Pronoticm black. Scutellum black ; finely wrinkled 

 transversely ; basal angles sometimes narrowly brownish-yellow. 

 Elytra pitchy brown ; Clavus very finely wrinkled transversely ; base 

 narrowly reddish or yellowish; Corium ; anterior margin black, 

 towards and at the apex frequently broadly reddish-brown, within 

 the anterior margin at the base reddish or yellowish ; disk very 

 finely wrinkled transversely ; Cuneus red-brown ; base narrowly, 

 towards the inner angle broadly, reddish-yellow ; Memhrane 

 blackish, iridescent, with a pale curved patch below the cells ; 

 anterior margin narrowly black ; between the apex of the cuneus 

 and the inner cell-nerve a triangular whitish patch ; inner marginal 

 nerve pitchy brown ; cell-nerves white or yellowish white, the outer 

 one exteriorly margined with black ; outer cell white, apex black ; 

 inner one black. Sternum gvvij'r&h-hro'wn. Legs; coxcb and /wZcra 

 pale grayish or yellowish-white ; tli'ujlis black or pitchy black ; apex 

 of the 1st and 2nd pairs, and frequently the 3rd, pale brownish- 

 yellow ; tihicB yellowish, with black spots, and short, stout, erect, 

 spinose, black hairs ; apex narrowly black ; tarsi yellowish ; 1st 

 joint brown ; 3rd and claws black. 



Abdomen ; upperside pitchy brown ; underside brownish-black, 

 sparingly clothed with short, golden-yellow haira ; genital segments 

 clothed with fine golden-yellow hairs. 



Length, 2 lines, 



? reddish, pale brownish or yellowish-red, clothed with fine, 

 depressed, golden-yellow hairs. 



