llO CATALOGUE OP 



Luteous, elongate-elliplical, siuoolh, shining. Head triangular. Eyes 

 black, slightly prominent. RosUum extending to the hind eoxaa. Antennae 

 black, slender, as long as the body; first joint as long as the head; second 

 nearly twice the length of the first ; third yellow, brownish at the tip, almost 

 as long as the first; fourth brown, a little longer than the third. Prothorax 

 with a variable blackish band on the hind border, and with a slight trans- 

 verse furrow near the fore border. Sculellum with a yellow stripe. Legs 

 slender ; femora and tibiae with two tawny bands; tarsi blackish at the tips. 

 Corium with two yellow streaks and a subapical yellow spot; first streak 

 extending from the base along the costa and ihence obliquely to the disk; 

 second streak on the interior border. Membrane dark cinereous, with two 

 pellucid spots near the base. Length of the body 2^ lines. 



a. Rio Janeiro. Presented by J. Gray, Esq. 



b. Tejuca. Presented by the Rev. H. Clark. 



248. Capscs xanthophilus. 



Mas. Ferrugineus, glaber, nitens, fere linearis ; caput nigrum ; oculi 

 prominuii ; rostrum testaceum^ t'oxas intermedias atlingens ; antennce 

 nigrcE, pilosce^ corpore lungiores, arliculo lo testaceo ; prothorax 

 antics arctatus et transverse sutcatus ; sculellum testaceo univittatum ; 

 pedes rvfi ; corium apice lutetim ; membrana nigricans. Var. — 

 Prothorax antice et corium picea ; femora apice nigricantia. 



Male. Ferruginous, smooth, shining, slender, nearly linear. Head 

 black, short-lriaugular. Eyes prominent. Rostrum testaceous, extending 

 to the middle coxa; ; tip black. AntenniE black, pilose, longer than the 

 body ; first joint testaceous, stout, not longer than the head ; second full 

 six limes the length of the first ; third more than half the length of the 

 second. Prothorax contracted and with a deep transverse furrow in front. 

 Sculellum with a testaceous stripe. Legs red, slender. Corium luteous 

 at the tip. Membrane and hind wings blackish. Var. /3. — Prothorax in 

 front and corium pieeous. Femora blackish at the tips. Length of the 

 body 3^ — 4^ lines. 



a. Rio Janeiro. Presented by J. Gray, Esq. 



b. Brazil. Presented by W. VV. Saunders, Esq. 



249. Capsus squalidus. 



Mas. Lutcus,elliptictis. subtiiissiine punctatus ; capitis lobus intermedins 



antice niger ; oculi prominuii ; antennie picecc ; prothorax transverse 



subsulcatus, postice piceo unifasciatus ; corium apicem versus saturate 



rufum ; alee posticce cinerece. 



Male. Luteous, elliptical, very finely punctured. Head triangular; 



middle lobe black in front. Eyes pieeous, prominent. Antennse pieeous, 



slender; first joint as long as the head. Prothorax with a slight transverse 



furrow in front, and with a narrow pieeous band on the hind border. Legs 



slender. Cori'um deep red towards the tip. Membrane brown. Hind 



wings cinereous. Length of the body 2 lines. 



a. Rio Janeiro. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



