302 CAPS1NA. 



Thorax. Pronotum short, trapezoidal, with a transverse channel 

 in front forming a collar, behind whicli are 2 more or less distinct 

 callosities ; anterior margin straight, 2 to 2^ times shorter than the 

 posterior one ; sides straight or slightly concave ; hinder angles 

 rounded ; posterior margin convex, indented in the middle, 

 rounded towards and at the hinder angles ; disk convex, deflected 

 towards the head. Scutellum longish, triangular, convex, raised above 

 the clavus, and with a transverse channel near the base. Elytra 

 longer than the abdomen; Clavus somewhat convex, deflected 

 to the corium ; Corium ; sides margined ; disk flattish convex, 

 horizontal ; cuneus and membrane deflected ; Cuneus long, tri- 

 angular. Sternum : Prosternum ; xyphus triangular ; sides mar- 

 gined ; apex rounded ; Meso sternum convex, short, elevated poste- 

 riorly, and with a deep central channel ; posterior margin 

 rounded, indented in the middle ; Metastermim somewhat convex, 

 central angle obtuse. Legs long, somewhat slender ; 1st and 2nd 

 pairs of almost equal length ; 3rd much the longest and with thick- 

 ened thighs, their tibiae thickened below the base ; apex slender ; 

 tarsi short, slender ; 1st joint shortest, J- the length of the 2nd; 

 2nd and 3rd subequal. 



Species 1. PHYTOCORIS DISTINCTUS. 



Black, clothed with short white hairs ; all the tibiae with 3 white 

 bands. 



Head black ; Crown with a broad white streak between the eyes ; 

 Face ; central lobe white, base and a y-shaped patch black ; side 

 lobes black. Antennae shorter than the body, black ; 1st joint 

 sparingly clothed with white hairs ; on the inside a white streak 

 extending from the base almost to the apex ; 2nd narrowly white at 

 the base, beyond the middle a reddish-brown band ; 3rd pale reddish 

 at the base. Hostrum pale yellowish-white, tip piceous. 



Thorax. Pronotum ; collar white, with a black spot on each side 

 of the centre ; callosities grayish-white ; posterior margin narrowly 

 white. Scutellum deflected from the base to the transverse channel ; 

 basal angles and apex white. Elytra ; Clavus slightly convex, de- 

 flected to the corium; Corium with an indistinct pale patch of an 

 irregular form nearly opposite the middle of the claval suture and 



