290 CAPSINA. 



in longitudinal rows, and somewhat confluent ; tibice with a few scat- 

 tered black spots; tarsi; 2nd and 3rd joints, and occasionally the 

 apex of the 1st and claws, pitchy-black. 



? Head yellow; Crown with 2 blackish or brownish streaks, 

 extending from between the eyes on either side the yellow central 

 line to the end of the clypeus ; base of the antenniferous processes 

 margined with black ; behind the eyes a broad piceous streak ; 

 Face as in the <$ . Antenna not so long as the body, reddish-brown ; 

 1st and 2nd joints much stouter than in the $ ; thickly clothed 

 with short, stiff, black hairs ; 1st joint slightly curved ; the base 

 narrow, and on the inside black ; 2nd somewhat tapered to the apex. 



Thorax. Pronotwn anteriorly piceous ; posteriorly pale pink ; 

 sides irregularly, and the centre broadly pale-yellowish. Scutellum 

 pale yellowish ; basal angles pale pink ; sides narrowly black. 

 Elytra as in the $ , but with the membrane paler. Legs as in the 

 $ , but stouter, yellowish ; extreme apex of all the tibia blackish and 

 more thickly clothed with short black hairs than in the $ . The 

 other characters as in the $ . 



In undeveloped examples the elytra are extremely short, barely 

 reaching beyond the 3rd abdominal segment, and without any trace 

 of a membrane ; they diverge after leaving the scutellum, and are 

 acutely rounded at the apex ; Clavus bright pink, anterior margin 

 of the coriwm broadly pale yellowish-white, the remainder bright 

 pink, Connexivum broad, recurved, yellowish-white; upperside of 

 the abdomen pink-brown, the centre broadly pale-yellowish or 

 greenish throughout its entire length. All the other characters as 

 in developed examples. 



Length, 4 lines. 



In general appearance and markings this species bears a strong 

 resemblance to dololratus, but the following characters will assist in 

 pointing out the difference. 



The $ of ferrugatw is never so brightly coloured as that of 

 dolobratus ; it is more slender, has a smaller head, more prominent 

 eyes, and a shorter anterior margin to the thorax. The $ of ferru- 

 cjatus may be at once known by the great thickness of the 2nd joint 

 of the antennae. In undeveloped examples, at least in all we have 

 examined, ferrugatus lias no membrane whatever, whilst dolobratus 

 has the membrane rudimentary, and with a single cell. 



This is an abundant species amongst grass, &c., on the margins of 

 fields, and in woods, and is easiest obtained by sweeping. It occurs 



