280 CAPSINA. 



Div. 2. BICELLTJLI. 

 FAMILY 2. PITHANID^E. 



Genus 1. PITH ANUS, Fieb. 



Linear-elongate ; in undeveloped examples the abdomen is longisli 

 oval. 



Developed form. Head large, vertical in front ; viewed from the 

 side subglobose ; as long as the breadth across the eyes ; Crown 

 flat, horizontal, below the upper margin of the eyes ; Clypeus 

 prominent, very convex ; apex in a line with the lower margin of 

 the eyes ; side lobes broad, convex ; antenniferous processes short, 

 in a line with the middle of the lower half of the eyes; Face, 

 central lobe long, very convex; side lobes short, broad, convex, 

 rounded outwardly. Antennas shorter than the body; 1st joint 

 short, stout, cylindrical, very narrrow at the base; 2nd slightly 

 clavate, about four times the length of the 1st ; 3rd and 4th filiform, 

 3rd twice as long as the 4th, both together longer than the 2nd. 

 Eyes large, prominent, spheroidal, axis almost perpendicular. Ros- 

 trum reaching nearly to the 1st abdominal segment ; 1st joint stout ; 

 3rd and 4th somewhat fusiform. 



Thorax. Pronotum long, trapezoidal, constricted in front; sides 

 nearly straight for about |- their entire length, then suddenly 

 widened to the acute hinder angles ; posterior margin concave ; 

 disk convex, with two large callosities in front, having a deep trans- 

 verse channel in their centre ; central keel short, terminating behind 

 the callosities. Scutellum large, triangular, convex ; base nearly as 

 wide as the posterior margin of the pronotum ; sides ^ their length 

 from the base suddenly depressed obliquely until meeting the central 

 keel of the hinder portion; anterior portion considerably raised above 

 the clavus, and forming, with the pronotum, almost a continuous 

 curve. Elytra a little longer than the abdomen ; Clavus convex, de- 

 flected to the corium ; Corium convex, horizontal as far as the junc- 

 tion with the cuneus and membrane, which are deflected. Sternum : 

 Prosternum ; xyphus short, triangular ; Mesosternum convex, some- 

 what contracted posteriorly ; posterior margin slightly indented in 

 the middle ; Me+asternum convex, somewhat semicircular. Legs 



