322 CAPSINA. 



somewhat tliicldy covered with short, stout, erect hairs; extreme 

 base generally, and apex of all the pairs, black ; 2nd and 3rd pairs 

 broadly pale yellow before the apex ; sometimes the basal half of the 

 3rd is black ; tarsi and claivs black ; 3rd joint of the tarsi longest ; 

 1st and 2nd of almost equal length. 



Abdomen. — Upperside black ; underside black, margins of the 

 segments more or less yellow. * 



Length, 4^ — 5 lines. 



We have not met with this species in any numbers. It has 

 occurred by beating bushes and trees in open places in woods, from 

 June to August, at Darenth "Wood and Tunbridge "Wells. 



Species 5. — Der^ocoris sexguttatus. 



CiMEX 6-GUTTATrs, Fab. Mantiss. ii, 304, 254 (1787). 



Lyg^us sexguttatus, F«6.E.S.iv, 174, 139(1794); S.R. 237,173 (1803). 



Phytocoeis — Fall. Hem. Suec. i, 86, 20 (1829). 



Capsus — //. Schf. Wauz. ill, 11, fig. 395 (1835) ; Mei/er, 



Caps. 92, 77 (1843). 

 PoLYMERUS (lophyrus), Kolen. Mel. Eut. ii, 106, SO (1845). 

 Capsus (Capsus) sexguttatus, Flo>\ Rhyn. Liv. i, 494, 15 (1860). 

 Calocokis — Fieb. Europ. Hem. 252, 4 (1861). 



{J elongate, somewhat narrow ; $ elongate, somewhat oval. Black, 

 very sparingly clothed with fine, short, yellowish hairs next the 

 ciliated anterior margin of the corium, only perceptible in veiy 

 fine specimens ; Antennoe somewhat filiform. 



Head shining ; a streak along the inside of the eyes, antenniferous 

 processes, and base of the antennee narrowly yellowish ; Face ver- 

 tical ; central lobe long, convex ; side lobes short, somewhat stout. 

 Eyes deep chocolate-brown, or reddish-brown. Sostrum reaching to 

 the 2nd abdominal segment ; basal joint black, extreme base on 

 each side underneath, generally red ; remaining joints brown ; tip 

 black. 



Thorax. — Pronotiim with 2 callosities behind the collar ; sides 

 very slightly concave ; hinder angles somewhat raised ; posterior 

 margin convex, slightly indented in the middle ; disk convex ; 

 thickly and finely punctured posteriorly ; the collar, a somewhat 

 lunate patch on each side, an oval patch in the middle, narrowed into 

 a fine line as it pah;ses between the callosities and joins the collar, 



