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61)3. 

 CAPSUS HIRTUS. 



Order Hemiptera. Fam. Coreidae. 



Type of the Genus, Capsus Danicus Fab. 

 Capsus Fab., Lat., Halm., Curt. — Lygseus Wolff. — Cimex Linn. 

 Antenna inserted before and close to the eyes, twice as long as 

 the rostrum, pubescent, pilose, geniculated and 4-jointed, basal 

 joint elongate, 2nd very long and clavate, the remainder slender 

 and capillary, articulated at the middle, with one or two other 

 indications of joints or fractures (4). 



Labrum about half as long as the basal joint of the labium, broad 

 at the base and attenuated (3). 

 Mandibles and Maxillce long slender setae. 



Labium incurved and extending to the hinder coxse ; slender, 

 attenuated and 4-jointed, basal joint stout, 2nd a little longer, 

 3rd scarcely so long, 4th very slender, as long as the 2nd (2). 

 Head rhomboidal, the forehead trigronate, neck very short or concealed: 

 eyes lateral, very prominent : ocelli 2, remote, minute, placed at the 

 base of the head, close to the hinder angles of the eyes (1 the head 

 in profile). Thorax twice as broad as the head at the base, trigo- 

 nate, anterior margin truncated, the base convex : scutel moderate, 

 triangular. Elytra with the costa notched before the stigma, the apex 

 membranous, with 2 nervures at the base, united and rounded at the 

 apex (9). Wings ample, nearly as long, and broader than the 

 elytra (*). Abdomen ovate, very convex beneath, with a long chan- 

 nel in the female, embracing the ovipositor. Legs moderate, hinder 

 long : thighs simple, hinder the thickest : tibiae slender and linear, 

 hinder the longest : tarsi short and triarticulate, terminal joint the 

 longest : claws incurved at the base ; pulvilli minute (Gf hinder 

 tarsus). 



HiRTUs Curt. — Guide, Gen. 1109 and 1120. 



Slate-black, pilose and sparingly clothed with short depressed 

 yellow hairs : antennae § as long as the body, 2nd joint slightly 

 clavate : head as broad as the base of the thorax ; neck none : 

 thorax transverse, a little narrowed before : elytra slightly con- 

 vex, membrane and wings none : hinder legs very long : tips 

 of thighs, excepting the hinder which are very stout, and the 

 tibiae, ferruginous, base and apex blackish. 



In the Author s Cabinet. 



The type of the genus Capsus is well characterised by the 

 clavate 2nd joint of the antennae and the slenderness of those 

 that follow: my genus Chlamydatus is distinguished from 

 Capsus by the antennae, the 2nd joint being scarcely clavate, 

 by the elytra wanting the membranous apex, and by the abs- 

 ence of the wings. The species figured seems to be so inter- 

 mediate that I doubt whether it will be necessary to retain the 

 genus; this however will be best ascertained by dissection. 



