CAPSIDJi. 441 



Genus 8. — Capsus, Fah. 

 Elongate, oval, broad. 



Head very much deflected, viewed from above pointed, the length 

 almost equal to the breadth across the eyes ; Crown slightly convex, 

 nearly horizontal, almost level with the upper margin of the eyes ; 

 Clypeus convex ; side lobes short, convex, narrow ; antenniferous 

 processes short in a line with the middle of the lower half of the eyes ; 

 Face ; central lobe very prominent, convex, pointed ; side lobes 

 short, narrow, almost parallel. Antennce shorter than the body ; 1st 

 and 2nd joints incrassated, especially the 2nd ; 1st almost cylindrical, 

 shorter than the head ; 2nd, in the ^ gradually thickened to the 

 apex ; in the ? fusiform at the apex, tapering to beyond the middle, 

 then cylindrical to the base, 3 times as long as the 1st ; 3rd and 

 4th filiform, together about f rds the length of the 2nd, 4th, |rds of 

 the 3rd. Eyes oval, very large and prominent. Bostrum reaching 

 to the 3rd pair of coxae ; 1st joint stout, as long as the head ; 2nd, 

 3rd, and 4th thinner. 



Thorax. — Pronotum trapeziform, 1^ times as broad on the 

 posterior margin as long ; anterior margin narrow, concave, with 

 a collar, angles rounded ; sides slightly convex ; hinder angles 

 acute, slightly raised ; posterior margin concave in the middle, 

 rounded towards and at the hinder angles ; disk very convex, 

 deflected to the head, and with 2 callosities in front, generally 

 joined by a short ti-ausverse keel. Sciitellum triangular, equilateral, 

 very convex, considerably raised above the clavus. Clavus convex, 

 deflected to the corium ; Coriuni slightly elevated posteriorly; cuneus 

 and membrane deflected ; disk almost flat between the claval suture 

 and the 1st nerve, between the latter and the anterior margin con- 

 vex ; anterior margni reflexed ; Cuneus triangular, broad at the base. 

 Sternum: Prosternum ; xyphus convex, faintly chanelled in the 

 centre, sides keeled ; Mesosternum short, convex, with a central 

 channel ; posterior margin almost straight, rounded towards the 

 sides ; Metasternum ; central angle prominent, convex. Legs ; iJiiylis 

 somewhat cylindrical ; tarsi ; 3rd pair, 3rd joint longest, 1st and 2ud 

 almost equal. 



