HEMTPTERA HETEROPTERA. 119 



Black, fusiform, dull, very finely punctured. Head elongate-trian- 

 gular. Eyes prominent. First joint of the antennse as long as the head ; 

 second subclavate, more than twice as long as the first. Prothorax with 

 a slight callus on each side behind the well-defined transverse furrow, 

 which is near the fore border. Scutellum rather large, ferruginous at the 

 tip. Membrane cinereous, blackish-bordered along part of the exterior 

 border; veins black; second areolet more than four limes the size of the 

 first; a whitish mark between it and a short black line. Length of the 

 body 1| line. 



o. Ceylon. Presented by Dt. Thwaites. 



276. Capsus partitus. 



Mas. Flaws, fn<iiforniis, nitens, subtilissime piinctalus ; caput luteum, 

 nigra unistrigalnm ; oculi subprominuli ; rostrum coxas posticus 

 altingens ; anlennce nigra, gracillimce, corpore paullo breviores, 

 articulis 2o basi \oque Jlavis ; prothorax antice lutescens ; pectus 

 nigra bimaculatum ; venlris discus niger ; corium fascia obliqua 

 margine interiore apiceque nigris ; membrana cinerea. 



Male. Yellow, fusiform, shining, very finely punctured. Head 

 luteous, short-triangular; a black streak on the front. Eyes black, 

 slightly prominent. Rostrum extending to the hind coxae. Antennae 

 black, very slender, a liitle shorter than the body; first joint yellow, a 

 little longer than the head; second much more than twice as long as 

 the first, yellow towards the base ; third much longer than the first. 

 Prothorax with a luteous tinge in front. Pectus with a black spot on each 

 side. Abdomen beneath with a black disk. Corium black along the 

 interior border, with a black oblique band beyond the middle; tip black. 

 Membrane cinereous. Length of the body 2 lines. 



a. North Hindostan. From Capt. Boyes' collection. 



277. Capsus subireoratus. 



Niger, ellipticus, subtiliter punctatus ; oculi subprominuli; antenn<g 

 corpore breviores ; prothorax vilde convexus, lateribus vix rejlexis ; 

 scutellum apice fulvum ; corium fulvo punctatum et trigultatum; 

 membrana nigricans. 



Black, elliptical, dull, finely punctured. Head small. Eyes slightly 

 prominent. Antenns slender, shorter than the body ; first joint moderately 

 stout, a little longer than the head. Prothorax very convex ; sides hardly 

 reflexed. Tip of the scutellum tawny. Corium with a few tawny ])oiuts 

 and with three tawny dots, one at the base, one in the exterior part of the 

 disk, and one at the tip. Membrane blackish. Length of the body 

 H line. 



a. Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Thwaites. 



