131 COREINA. 



RHOPALUS CAPITATUS, ScMtt. Beitr. i, 51, 2 (1829) ; Hahn, Wanz. iii, 3, 

 t. 74, fig. 228 (1835) ; Am. et Serv. Hem. 246, 1 

 (1843) ; Sahib. Geoc. Ten. 46, 4 (1848). 



COEIZUS Fall. Hem. Suec. 42, 2 (1829) ; Zett. F. Ins. Lap. 

 i, 467, 2 (1832); Ins. Lap. 261, 2 (1840); 

 H. Sch. Wanz. vi, 2 (1842), ix, 269 (1851) ; Burm. 

 Handb. ii, 307, 5 (1835) ; Kolen. Mel. Ent. 

 ii, 62, 25 (1845); Fieb. Europ. Hem. 235, 2 

 (1861) ; Stal, K. Yet. Akad. Forh. 209, 6 (1862). 



CORISUS Ramb. F. And. ii, 142, 2 (1842). 



CORIZUS (Couizus) CAPITATUS, Flor, Rhyn. Liv. i, 192, 2 (1860). 



Above yellowish or reddish-brown, shining, with very fine longish 

 hairs; beneath red and ochreous. 



Head strongly, confluently punctured. Antennce brownish -yellow, 

 or reddish, the last joint brown. Eyes and Ocelli brown. Rostrum 

 piceous. 



Thorax. Pronotum finely, confluently punctured, the hinder 

 angles deeper coloured than the disk. Scutellum with strong, con- 

 fluent punctures, the apex almost bilobed, with the margins in eras- 

 sated, leaving a hollow within. Elytra; Clavus whitish, trans- 

 parent; Corium whitish, transparent, except the outer posterior 

 angle, which is red and opaque ; the nerves with large black dots ; 

 Membrane whitish transparent. Sternum red-brown, with fine con- 

 fluent punctures, the centre black ; on the metasternum at the base 

 of the posterior coxae, a spot and conjoined semicircle, white ; the 

 margin of the produced hinder portion which is seen from above is 

 also white. Legs finely haired ; thighs reddish-brown, with dark 

 brown or black dots ; tibice yellowish, with long black spots ; tarsi 

 flavous, the end of the joints black. 



Abdomen above black ; the 3rd and 4th segments with one large 

 oval spot across their margins in the centre; the 5th segment with 2 

 long spots on the anterior margin, yellowish ; the 6th segment 

 elongate, obtusely pointed, the sides broadly yellowish : Connexivum 

 black, with broad yellow, transverse intervals. Underside ochreous, 

 the sides, especially at the base, red-brown, sometimes a dark line 

 down the centre, and on the posterior margin of the segments. 



Length, 3 3 lines. 



Scarce. Mickleham, by sweeping in September (Rye). 



