480 CAPSINA. 



Phytocoris PALLicoKNis Fall. Hem. Suec. i, 113, 70 (1829). 

 Halticus* -- Halm, Wanz. i, 114, fig. 61 (1831); Burm. 



Haadb. ii. 278, 2 (1835) ; Fieb. Europ. Hera. 



281, 3 (1861). 

 Capsus — Meyer, Caps. 110, 103 (1843) ; SaJdb. Geoc. 



Fen. 118, 62 (18i8); Kirschb. Caps. 102 



151(1855). 

 AsTEMMA APTERUM, Am. et Serv. Hem. 2S-1, 1 (1843). 

 Eyrecephala pallicornis, Kole)i. Mel, Eut. ii, 130, 118 (1845). 

 Capsus (Capsus) pallidicornis, Flor, Rliyu. Liv. i, 583, 67 (1860). 



Black, shining, clothed with fine, short, depressed hairs ; $ unde- 

 veloped. Elytra shorter than the abdomen ; Clavus sometimes 

 not distinct ; Cuneus and Membrane wanting. 



Head. — AntenncB yellow ; 2nd joint at the apex sometimes narrowly 

 brown ; 3rd at the apex broadly, and 4th frequently brownish -yellow. 



Thorax. — Pi'onotum broad, punctured, somewhat transversely 

 wrinkled posteriorly ; callosities almost obsolete. Scutellum finely 

 wrinkled transversely. Elytra somewhat deeply and coarsely punc- 

 tured ; in undeveloped examples shorter than the abdomen ; Clavus 

 sometimes not distinct ; Cuneus and Membrane wanting. Sternum 

 black. Legs; thighs black, apex broadly yellowish; tibice yellow, 

 with short, somewhat spinose, yellow hairs ; tarsi yellow ; 3rd joint 

 and claws black. 



Abdomen black underneath, clothed with fine, short, grayish hairs. 



Length, 1^ — 1^ line. 



We have not met with the developed form of the insect, which, 

 according to Fieber, has the membrane smoke-brown, with clear cell- 

 nerves margined with brown. 



Not a common species. It has occurred at Headley Lane, by 

 sweeping, and at Darenth, amongst Centaurea, in August. 



Species 2. — Halticocoris luteicollis. 



Lyg^us luteicollis, Panz, F. G. 93, 18 (1805). 



Capsus propinguus, H. Schf. Wanz. vi, p, 47, fig. 606 (1841) ; Kirschb. 



Caps. 120, 147 (1855). 

 Halticus luteicollis, Fieb. Burop. Hem. 281, 1 (1861). 



Black, shining, clothed with fine, short, depressed, yellow hairs. 

 Elytra developed. 



* Haltica, Hahn, a name used in Coleopfera, Jlliger, 1801. 



