400 



iiebutiid.t;. 



A. First joint of antenncn subequal in len(/th to head. 



VMS. Nabis capsiformis, Ger7n. in Silb. Rev. \, p. 132 (1837) ; Ilcid. 

 ^ Ofv. Vet.-Ak. Fork. ]87l>, No. 6, p. 88, pi. viii, f. 9. 

 Nabis ai:giistas, Spin. Fss. p. 10? (1840). 

 Nabis loHgipennis, Costo, Atti Inst. Sc. Nat. Najwl. 1848, p. i-^O : 



Fieb. Eur. Hem. p. 101 (1801). 

 Nabis caffra, St&l, Ofv. Vet.- Ale. ForJt. 18.")."), i).;;9; id. Hem.Afr. 

 ili, p. 41 (1865). 



Elongate, greyish-testaceous ; an oblong s])ot between eyes, and 

 sometimes a lateral spot behind eyes, a central fascia to pronotmn 



(sometimes abbreviated on poste- 

 rior area), a central fascia (pos- 

 teriorly abbreviated to scutellum), 

 disks of meso- and metasterua 

 (these shadings sometimes ab- 

 sent), lateral fasciae, and some- 

 times an obsolete medial fascia to 

 abdomen beneath, dull plceous ; 

 two punctate spots to corium 

 (one behind middle, the other 

 apical), a punctate spot near apex 

 (jf membrane, and a more or less 

 obsolete lateral fascia to pro- 

 sternum fuscous ; head a little 

 shorter tban pronotum, and be- 

 hind eyes distinctly thickened ; 

 Jirst joint of antenna) subequal 

 in length to head ; pronotum 

 longer than its width at base ; 

 hemelytra much longer than 

 and obscurely speckled with pale 



Fig. 256. — Knhis capstfornds. 



abdomen ; femora minutely 

 fuscous. 



Length 8 to 9 millim. 



Hah. Bombay and Eor Ghat {Dixon). Burma ; Eangoon, 

 Bhamo {Fea). — Also found generally in the Pala^arctic, Xearctic, 

 and Ethiopian Begions. 



With the Bombay specimens before me, there can be no doubt 

 that Spinola's N. angustus is a synonym of this species. 



1344. Nabis tibialis, sp. n. 



Shining piceous-brovvn ; a lateral marginal fascia extending 

 from anterior margin of eyes to base of head, two oblique discal 

 fascisB and the posterior margin to pronotum, two medial marginal 

 spots to scutellum, claval suture, veins, lateral margin and a sub- 

 apical spot to corium, lateral margins of abdomen, legs, rostrum, 

 and antennae luteous ; apex of second joint of antenna), extreme 

 base of second joint of rostrum, spots to abdominal lateral margins, 



