12S CATALOGUE OF 



Female, Tawny, elliptical, very finely punctured. Head triangular. 

 Eyes piceous, prominent. Rostrum extending to the hind coxae ; tip 

 black. Antennae slender, a little shorter tlian the body ; first joint a little 

 shorter than the head ; second about twice as long as the first, piceous 

 towards the tip; third piceous, much shorter than the second. Prothorax 

 with two interrupted black stripes on each side, the inner pair continued 

 on each side of the scutelluni. Pectus and basal part of the abdomen with 

 a black patch iu the middle and with a black stripe ou each side. Corium 

 irregularly piceous along the interior border; veins partly red. Membrane 

 brownish. Length of the body 2^ lines. 



a. New Zealand. Presented by Dr. Sinclair. 



309. Capsus ustulatus. 



Foem. Fulvus, sultilissime punctatus ; oculi prominuli ; rostrum coxas 

 intermedins atlingens ; antennce corpore paullo breviores, apices 

 versus picecE ; prothorax viltis quinque pallidioribus duabusque 

 piceis ; scutellum pallida nnivitlalum ; pectoris discus et venter basi 

 nigricantes ; femora postica subtus picea ; membrana fuscescens, 

 cinereo guttata. 



Female. Tawny, elliptical, very finely punctured. Head triangular, 

 with some smaller paler marks. Eyes piceous, prominent. Rostrum 

 extending to the middle coxae; tip black. Antenna slender, a little 

 shorter than the body ; first joint stout, a little shorter than the head ; 

 second about half as long as the first, piceous at the tip ; third and 

 fourth piceous; third a little more than half as long as the second; 

 fourth shorter than the third. Prothorax with five paler stripes, the middle 

 one more slender than the other four, which are abbreviated and include on 

 each side an abbreviated piceous stripe. Scutellum with a paler stripe. 

 Disk of the pectus and abdomen beneath towards the base blackish. Legs 

 slender; hind femora piceous beneath. Membrane brownish, with several 

 pale cinereous dots. Length of the body 2^ lines. 



a. New Zealand. Presented by Dr. Sinclair. 

 Country unknown. 



310. Capsus maeginicollis. 



Foem. Niger, fusiformis, opacus ; caput parvum ; antenna graciles ; 

 prothorax antice et utrinque ochraceus, sulco transversa bene deter- 

 minato ; propectoris latera achracea ; membrana nigricans. 



Female. Black, fusiform, dull. Head small, short-triangular. 

 Eyes slightly prominent. Antennae slender; first joint a little longer than 

 the head ; second a little more than twice as longfas the first. Pro- 

 thorax ochraceous on each side and towards the fore border, near which 

 there is a well-defined transverse furrow. Prothorax ochraceous along 

 each side. Legs slender. Membrane blackish. Length of the body 

 3 lines. 



