94 CATALOGUE OF 



more than twice the length of the first. Prothorax with a slight transverse 

 iiurow. Legs piceous, slender. Coriiim blackish. Membrane cinereous. 

 Length of the body 1 J line. 



a. St. Martin's Falls, Albany River, Hudson's Bay. Presented by 

 Dr. Barnslon. 



155. Capsus steigulatus. ' c^^* -" •- - - 



Fcem. Niger, ellipiicus, nitens, sublilissime punctatus, snbttis flavo 

 bivHlatus ; caput flavo quadrivitLaium; oczili subprominuii ; rostrum 

 flavmn, coxas posticus attiiigens ; antenna lutete, corpora breviores ; 

 prothorax luteo marginalus univittatus et qiiadristrigatus ; scutellum 

 fuscum, litura flava Irifurcata ; pedes postici lutei, tlbiis basi 

 fcmoribusqne nigris ; corium fuscum, flavo strigalum ; membrana 

 cinerea,fusco nebulosa. 



Female. Black, elliptical, shining, very finely punctured. Head 

 tiiangular, with four yellow stripes above. Eyes red, slightly prominent. 

 Rostrum yellow, extending to the hind coxae. Antennifi luteous, slender, 

 shorter than the body ; first joint nearly as long as the head ; second about 

 twice the length of the first ; third not longer than the first; fourth shorter 

 than the third. Prothorax with a narrow luteous border, and with a slender 

 luteous stripe, on each side of which there are two longitudinal luteous 

 streaks ; fore border reflexed. Scutellum brown, with a trifurcate yellow 

 mark. Pectus and under side of the abdomen with a yellow stripe on each 

 side. Hind legs luteous; femora black; tibiae black towards the base. 

 Corium brown, with some yellow streaks. Membrane cinereous, mottled 

 with brown. Length of the body 2 lines. 



a, Canada. Presented by Dr. Barnston. 



156. Capsus frontifer. 



Fcem. Rufus, fusiformis, nitens, subtilissime punctatus; capitis lobus 

 intermedins niger ; oculi subprominuli ; rostrum coxas intermedias 

 attingcns ; antenna nigra, articuto lo basi ritfo; prothorax antice 

 subsulcatus et bicallosus ; membrana fuscescens. 



Female. Red, fusiform, shining, very finely punctured. Head tri- 

 angular; middle lobe black. Eyes black, slightly prominent. Rostrum 

 extending to the middle coxa-; tip black. AntenntE black ; first joint a 

 little longer than the bead, red at the base. Prothorax with a slight trans- 

 verse furrow, in front of which there is a callus on each side. Legs slender. 

 Membrane and bind wings brownish. Length of the body 3j lines. 



a. North America. Presented by the Entomological Club. 



157. Capsus pallescens. 



Foem. Flavus, ellipticus, nitens, sublilissime punctatus ; caput rvfum ; 

 oculi subprominuli; rostrum coxas posticus altingens; aniennre 

 gracillima, corpore paullo breviores ; prothorax fusco bislrigatus, 

 antice bicallosus ; abdomen rufum; femora quatuor anteriora apice 

 rufa ; femora poslica rufa, basi paltide flava ; corium apicem versus 

 fusco suffusum, apice albidum ; membrana pallide cinerea, fusco 

 nebulosa. 



