282 CAPSINA. 



all the pairs piceous ; tarsi ochreous-brown ; 3rd joint and clawa 

 pitchy-black. 



Abdomen black ; Connexivum in the <$ pitchy-black, in the ? 

 yellow. 



Length, 221 l mes . 



Undeveloped form. Black. 



Head as in developed examples. 



Elytra : Clavus wrinkled ; Corium, anterior margin pale-yellowish, 

 broadest at the apex. Abdomen as in developed examples ; Con- 

 nexivum bright pale green. Legs of the $ pale yellow ; tarsi, 3rd 

 pair, and claws piceous ; in the ? the thighs are pale pitchy ; tibiae 

 darker ; the spots on the thighs as in the developed form. 



Length, $ 2, $ 2 lines. 



"We have only seen a single developed example of this insect, 

 taken by Dr. Power at Shirley, in August, 1862. The undeveloped 

 form appears in June, and has been taken at Eltham, at the roots 

 of grass beneath bushes. New Forest (Marshall). Lympstino 

 (Parfitt). 



FAMILY. 3. MIRTDJE. 



Genus 1. MIRIS, Fab. 

 Linear-elongate, sides more or less parallel. 



Head horizontal ; viewed from the side almost a parallelogram, 

 as long as or longer than the breadth between the eyes: Crown 

 slightly convex, with a central channel ; Clypeus long, sometimes 

 slightly raised at the apex, and with lateral lobe-like processes in 

 front of the eyes, at the end of which is a tubercle bearing the 

 antennae ; Face triangular ; central lobe very large, prominent, very 

 convex ; side lobes very short ; narrow. Antennce variable in length ; 

 1st joint stout, cylindrical, somewhat bent, longer than the head ; 

 2nd variable in length, not so stout as the 1st ; 3rd and 4th filiform, 

 both together longer or shorter than the 2nd. Eyes more or less 

 prominent, viewed from above somewhat hemispheric, from the 

 side, oval. Rostrum variable in length, sometimes reaching to the 

 2nd pair of coxae, sometimes to the 2nd abdominal segment ; 1st 

 joint more or less stout. 



