440 CAPSINA. 



Species 1. — Rhopalotomus ater. 



CiMEX ATEK, Lin. S. N. 725, 72 (1767). 



— SEMiFLAVUs, Lin. F. S. 944 (1761) ; S. N. 725, 68 (1767). 



— TYRANNus, Fab. Maiitiss. ii, 305, 262 (1787). 



— FLAVicoLLis, Vdb. Maiitiss. ii, 305, 266 (1787). 



Lyg^us — Fab. E. S. \y, 178, 156 (1794) ; Wolff, Ic. Cim. 32, 



t. 4, fig. 32 (1800). 

 Capsus tyrannus. Fab. S. R. 242, 4 (IS 03), 



— FLA\^coLLIS, Fab. S. R. 243, 13 (1803). 



Lyg^us tyrannus, Fab. E. S. iv, 177, 150 (179 i) ; Wolff, Ic. Cim. 152, 



t. 15, fig. 146 (1804). 

 Capsus ater, Fab. S. R. 241, 2 (1803); Fall. Hem Suec. i, 116,2 



(1829) ; HaJm, Wanz. i, 126, fig. 165 (1831) ; U. Schf. 



Norn. Ent. i, 52 (1835) ; Burm. Haiidb. ii, 275, 4 



(1835); Zett. Ins. Lap. 277, 1 (1839); Sahib. Geoc. 



Eea. 121, 67 (1842) ; Mei/er, Caps. 108, 99 (1843) ; 



Am. et Serv. Hem. 281, 2 (1843) ; Kirschb. Caps. 54, 46 



(1855). 

 Heterotoma ater, Kolen. Mel. Ent. ii, 127, 113 (1845). 

 Capsus (Capsus) ater, Flor, Rbyn. Liv. i, 486, 10 (1860). 

 Rhopalotomus ater, Fieb. Europ, Hem. 263, 1 (lS61j. 



Shining, ^ black ; $ , head and pronotum reddish or orange-yellow, 

 somewhat thickly clothed with fine depressed yellowish hairs. 



Sead : of the ^ ; Autennce black, 1st and 2nd joints clothed with 

 fine, short, black hairs, 1st frequently pitchy brown ; 3rd at the 

 base yellow; $ ; Crown reddish or orange-yellow; Cli/peus h\nck ; 

 Face black. AidenncB as in the (J . Rostrum reddish-yellow ; 3rd 

 and 4th joints brown or black. 



Thorax. — Pronotum of the ^ black ; disk, except the callosities, 

 thickly and deeply punctured ; 5 reddish or orange-yellow. 

 Scutellum in both sexes finely wrinkled transversely. Elytra finely 

 wrinkled and punctured ; Mevihrane blackish ; cell-nerves black. 

 Sternum black. Legs ; Coxae and fulcra pitchy brown or I'eddish, 

 the former generally piceous on the outside ; thighs pitchy brown or 

 reddish, with one or two black riugs next the apex; tihite brownish- 

 red or reddish-yellow, with short, somewhat spiuose, black hairs ; 

 apex black ; tarsi reddish-yellow ; 3rd joint black ; claws red. 



Abdomen black uuderneath. 



Length, 2\ — 3 lines. 



Common. By sweeping grass, &c., in July. 



