PITHANIDvE. 281 



thin; tarsi long; 1st joint longest, as long as the 2nd and 3rd 

 together. 



Undeveloped form. Head as in developed specimens. 



Thorax. Pronotum cylindrical, constricted at each end; two 

 large callosities joined in front by a transverse keel, occupy the entire 

 space between the constrictions ; the central keel terminates be- 

 tween the callosities, on each side of which is a deep fovea. Sou- 

 tellum triangular, convex, raised above the clavus and gradually 

 deflected from the base to the apex. Elytra very short, barely 

 covering the 1st abdominal segment ; in the <$ rounded at the 

 apex ; in the $ cut off nearly square ; without cuneus or mem- 

 brane. Legs as in developed examples. 



Abdomen upperside convex ; Connexivum broad, almost perpen- 

 dicular. 



Species 1. PITH ANUS MARKELI. 



CAPSUS MARKELI, H. Schf. Wanz. iv, 78, fig. 406 (1838) ; Kirschb. Caps. 



44, 28 (1855). 



FLAVOLIMBATUS, Boliem. Vet. Akad. Handl 252 (1849). 

 CYLLECORIS VITTATUS, Dahlb. Vet. Akad. Handl. 205 (1850). 

 CAPSUS (CAPSUS) MARKELII, Flor, Rhyn. Liv. i, 513, 26 (1860). 

 PITHANUS MARKELI, Fieb. Europ. Hem. 239 (1861). 



Developed form. Bl ack . 



Head slightly shining ; Crown with two short, transverse, yellow 

 streaks between the eyes. Antenna black ; 1st joint extremely 

 narrow at the base, then suddenly swelled and curved on the inside, 

 the upper half yellowish white. Rostrum yellowish ; tip black. 



Thorax. Pronotum very finely wrinkled transversely behind the 

 callosities. Elytra; Clavus transversely wrinkled down the centre, 

 from the base a short row of deep punctures ; Corium piceous, the 

 anterior margin broadly pale brownish yellow throughout its entire 

 length, the colour extending more or less upon the disk ; Cwieus 

 pale brownish-yellow; the interior margin and the apex pitchy- 

 black ; Membrane pitchy-brown ; cell-nerves unicolorous. Legs 

 ochreous-brown ; thighs, 1st pair with one row of black spots on 

 the underside ; 2nd and 3rd with two rows on the upper and under- 

 sides, tips of the 3rd pair piceous ; tibice darker than the thighs, 

 sparingly set with long fine hairs ; base of the 3rd pair and apex of 



