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CAPSUS (CAPSUS) STBJATUS Flor, Rhyn. Liv. i, 490, 13 (1860). 

 PYCNOPTERNA STRIATA, Fieb. Europ. Hem. 262, 1 (1861). 



Elongate, somewhat parallel. Black, sparingly clothed with fine, 

 very short, somewhat erect, black hairs. Antennae long ; 2nd 

 joint thickened towards the apex ; 3rd and 4th perceptibly 

 thinner than the 2nd. Legs; 3rd pair long. 



Head. Crown with a short yellow streak on the inner side of the 

 hinder half of each eye; centre of the antenniferous processes generally 

 yellow ; Face vertical ; central lobe long, convex, somewhat narrow, 

 with a very short central channel at the base; side lobes short, 

 narrow. Antennae; 1st joint reddish-brown; base and apex black, 

 sometimes entirely black ; with a few stout, somewhat erect, black 

 hairs ; 2nd, 3rd, and 4th black ; base of the 3rd pale yellow. Ros- 

 trum black, or brownish-black, reaching to the 2nd pair of coxse ; 

 1st joint stout. 



Thorax. Pronotum with 2 callosities behind the collar, divided by 

 a short longitudinal keel, at the base of which are two deep punc- 

 tures ; hinder angles raised ; posterior margin convex, much in- 

 dented in the middle ; disk convex, wrinkled transversely, and gently 

 deflected ; the centre with an oval yellow spot extending from the 

 punctures to the posterior margin ; rarely, the pronotum is yellow 

 with the exception of the collar, callosities, hinder angles, posterior 

 margin, and a y-shaped patch near the latter. Scutellum very finely 

 wrinkled transversely ; with a short keel next the apex and a short 

 yellow streak on the sides, or entirely yellow with the exception of 

 the base and a central line. Elytra : Clavus ; nerve bright yellow, 

 broadest at the base ; next the suture and within the inner margin 

 more or less dusky yellow ; Corium within the anterior margin 

 broadly, and 2nd and 3rd nerves yellow ; 1st nerve yellow at the 

 base ; apex orange-yellow ; Cuneus yellow, orange-yellow, or brown- 

 ish-yellow; base paler, broadest at the inner angle. Membrane 

 gray, with a black patch extending from below the cells to the apex 

 of the anterior margin, or with a small pale patch between the cells 

 and the black one ; inner marginal nerve black ; cell-nerves orange- 

 yellow ; cells, and frequently the exterior margin of the outer one, 

 black. Legs orange-red; thighs; 1st and 2nd pairs generally, 3rd 

 always, with 1 or 2 longitudinal rows of spots on both sides ; 

 1st and 2nd 'pairs narrowly black at the apex ; 3rd broadly 

 black, sometimes entirely black ; tibiae bent below the base, and 



