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Micelii, Ferr. ot Eeut., cui slrucfuni fnsciaj anterioris heiiiielvtrorutn sat siniili?, 

 arlioiilo tertio antciin.aruni loiijiiorc h('iiiit'lvti'if<quc longioribus divcr'^ens. 



Mas, caput, basi protioti firciter j augustius, latitiidini^ euiii oenlis loiif^ius, 

 apicem versus longp rostrato-jirodiietuTn, pone ociilos loiifje e( fortiter constrictiun, 

 parte posloeulari a latere visa onulo aque lala, vertice <)(>ulo vix ?; lalioro, giila 

 obliqiia ]ierisloniio aqiie Iniifra. Oculi sat. iimgui et esserti. Rostrum pieemn, 

 a])iceni eoxanun ^mslicariiin subattingeus. Aii(eunoe longissinia', fuscpc, arlieulo 

 primo toto secundoque basin versus dihitioribus, tertio basi bite niveo ; priino cupite 

 inter medium mart^inis interioris oculornin et apieeni elypei rpqnc longo, secundo 

 primo paullo minus quam trijilo longiore. Seutelluni parte anticn deelivi, postica 

 eonvexa. Hemielytra membrana fusca, levilcr iri(b'seenle, areolis opacis. Pedes 

 longissiini, fusei, tibiis subtiliter et breviter ])allidius spinulosis. 



Femina, corpus dihitius, Cuseo-ferriigineum, abdoniiiie nigro-Cuseo, sujierne sat 

 longe pilosum. Caput cum oculis basi pronoti paidluluni latins, versus apicem longe 

 productum, parte infra-oeulari latitndini int("r apices oculorum a'que longa, parte 

 posloeulari a latere visa oculo dislinefe lat.iore, vertice oculo circiter 2;, latiore, gubi 

 peristomio paullo breviore. Antennae fusca?, basin versus pallidiores, ai-ticulo tertio 

 basi late niveo articulo |)rimo apicem clviiei atlingenlc, secundo )ii-inio paullo magis 

 quam Iriplo longiore. Pronotum latitndiiie basali ]i:irum longius, inargine basali 

 latissime levissimeque sinuato, strictiira apicali optinie discrela. Abdomen niox 

 pone medium basi pronoti fere dnplo latins. Pedes colore corporis. 



5. — DrCTPTUS GKNTCiTLATUS, Fieb., rnr. fh'spfnirfa, ii. ■??. 



A typo differt callis pronoti nigris linea media pallida di^junctis. Variat tibiis 

 nnicoloribus pallidis. Variat etiam antennis articulo secundo ante medinni annulo 

 obsoleto pallido signato ( <? ). 



Obs.. — M^as articulo secundo antennai-um a medio sul)-elavato-incrassato. 



Hal. : Bojar. 



Ilelsingfors: M« re/-;, 1903. 



THE FOOD OF CAPSIDS. 

 BT PROF. O. M. UEUTKR. 



In [his year's volume of the Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, 

 p. 70, Mr, F. B. Jennings gives an account of a Cnlocoris chenopodii, 

 Fall. [= AdeJpJiocoris lineolatus (Goze) Eeut.], which had sucked dry 

 a Eiiacanthns, calling attention to the fact that J. W. Douglas (o^. 

 cit., 1895, p. 238) had found Capsus Inniarius [= Derceocoris ruler 

 (L.), Tlorv.] "feeding on Aphides in his garden at Lewishani." 

 Puton, too, says, concerning this species (Catal. d. Hem.-Het. de 

 I'Alsace et de la Lorraine, 1876, p. 26), " detruit les pucerons." Mr. 

 Jennings adds:— "The members of this family had been previously 

 supposed to feed exclusively on vegetable juices." 



