294 CAPSINA. 



middle ; Metasternum convex, depressed at the base ; centre angled, 

 prominent. Legs long, somewhat thin ; thighs cylindrical, almost of 

 equal thickness j tarsi long ; 1st joint as long as the 2nd and 3rd 

 together. 



Species 1. LOPOMORPHUS CARINATUS. 



LOPUS CAEINATUS, //. Schf. Wauz. vi, 49, fig. 609 (1841); Kirschl. Caps. 



34, 8 (1855). 

 ACETROPIS Fieb. Europ. Hem. 244 (1861). 



The ( black, very sparingly clothed with brownish or yellowish 

 hairs. 



Head as long as is the breadth across the eyes ; Crown with two 

 triangular, yellow spots between and adjoining the inner margin of 

 the eyes, and two reddish-yellow ones next the anterior margin of 

 the pronotum. Antennae piceous, not so long as the body ; 1st joint 

 and basal third of the 2nd pitchy-black ; extreme base of the 2nd 

 reddish-brown ; 4th brown ; 1st as long as the pronotum, cylin- 

 drical, slightly curved and swelled out beyond the base ; 2nd cylin- 

 drical, 21 times as long as the 1st ; 3rd about f the length of the 

 2nd ; 4th scarcely half the length of the 3rd. Eyes large and promi- 

 nent, the upper surface raised above the crown. Rostrum reaching 

 to the 1st abdominal segment, tip black. 



Thorax. Pronotum with a transverse channel in front, behind 

 which are two callosities ; a central line, not extending to the 

 anterior margin, and the margins (broadest at the hinder angles) 

 pale yellow. Scutellum with a pale-yellow longitudinal line through 

 the centre. Elytra: Clavus ; inner margin pitchy-black; centre 

 more or less shaded with brown, nerve pale-brown ; Corium ; anterior 

 margin narrowly white throughout its entire length ; 1st nerve 

 narrowly margined with brown interiorly ; disk pale brownish-yellow ; 

 Cuneus pale brownish-yellow ; Memlrane gray ; inner marginal nerve 

 pitchy-black ; cell-nerves yellowish. Legs brown, clothed with 

 short black hairs ; tlilglis spotted with black, more or less in longi- 

 tudinal rows, and somewhat confluent ; 1st and 2nd pairs with a very 

 short, blunt spine before the apex ; 3rd beneath, cut off obliquely 

 before and to the apex ; tibics piceous at the base, spotted with 

 black ; tarsi ; 3rd joint and claws piceous, 



length, 3{- lines, 



