capsidtE. 443 



short black streak along the outside, frequently wanting in the 1st 

 and 2nd pairs ; apex generally narrowly brown ; tarsi and claws black. 



Length, 3 J- lines. 



Common everywhere in the London district, on nettles and bram- 

 ble flowers, in July and August. 



Species 2. — Capsus scutellakis. 



Lyg^us scutellaris, ¥ah. E. S. iv, 180, 163 (1794), 



Capsus — Fab. S. R. 245, 22 (1803) ; Fieb. Europ. Hem. 



261, 9 (1861). 

 Phytocoris — Fall. Hera. Suec. i, 109, 63 (1S29). 



Capsus (Capsus) scutellaeis, Flor., Rhyn. Liv. i, 510, 21 (1860). 



Black, shining, not clothed with hairs. Scutelhom in typical examples 

 red. Cuneiis black. 



Head. — Crown; posterior margin narrowly yellowish. Antennce 

 black, nostrum black. 



Thorax. — Fronotum thickly and deeply punctured. Scutellum 

 red, or blackish next the transverse channel, or entirely black, with 

 a few deep punctures. Elytra deeply and coarsely j)unctured ; 

 Cuneus black, somewhat indistinctly punctured; Membrane blackish, 

 below the apex of the cuneus a whitish patch; cell-nerves blackish. 

 Legs ; thighs black ; tihicehlack, towards the apex brownish or reddish- 

 yellow, and with fine, somewhat spinose, black hairs ; tarsi and claws 

 black. 



Length, 3i lines. 



We have only seen a few examples of this species ; one beaten from 

 flowers of bramble, on Dartford Heath, in July ; one taken by Dr. 

 Power, at Hindolvestone, near East Dereham, Norfolk, in August ; 

 one by Mr. Gr. Lewis, and one or two by Mr. Dale, in Woolmer 

 Forest, in July. 



Pieber says the legs are orange-yellow ; but none of our specimens, 

 nor the descriptions of other authors, corroborate this. 



Genus 9. — Systratiotus.* 



Oval. 



Sead almost vertical in front, twice as broad across the eyes as 

 long ; Crown convex, very much deflected, raised a little above the 



* ^v-ffTparidjDjQ, a comrade. 



