332 CAPSINA. 



apex next the inner angle ; also, generally with a black triangular 

 patch, its apex in, and a little below, the bifurcation of the 1st nerve ; 

 Cuneus red or brownish-red ; anterior margin rounded at the base, 

 and slightly narrower than the apex of the corium, leaving a small 

 but distinct notch ; basal inner angle with a triangular black patch 

 joined to, and forming, with the one on the corium, a rhomb oidal 

 patch ; Membrane pale dusky brown ; inner marginal nerve, and cell- 

 nerves brown ; the latter exteriorly with a pale margin ; sometimes 

 the inner cell-nerve is reddish. Legs red; thighs sometimes with 

 brownish or dark red spots ; extreme apex with 2 short, stout, black, 

 spinose hairs on the upperside ; in addition, the 3rd pair have a few 

 long, fine ones ; tibiae with black spinose hairs ; 1st and 2nd pairs 

 yellowish, or reddish-yellow, darker at the apex ; 3rd slightly 

 thickened below the base and somewhat bent; tarsi yellowish or 

 reddish-yellow, 3rd joint piceous ; claws reddish-yellow. 



Abdomen ; underside reddish-yellow or reddish-brown. 



Length, 3^ 3f lines. 



We have taken this pretty species in some numbers, by beating 

 oak trees at Lewisham, in August. We observed it also in the 

 collections of Mr. Dale and the late Messrs. Curtis and Ingall. 



Genus 2. PANTILIUS, Curt. 



$ elongate, broad, parallel ; ? somewhat oval. 



Read wider across the eyes than long ; Crown flattish, with a deep 

 central channel extending as far as in a line with the front of the 

 eyes ; Clypeus convex ; apex rounded, overhanging the face ; Face 

 vertical ; central lobe convex, longish, broad ; side lobes short, 

 somewhat stout ; rounded outwardly ; antenniferous processes short. 

 Antenna stout, inserted in a line with the under half of the eyes ; 

 1st joint almost as long as the pronotum ; 2nd clavate, about 3 times 

 as long as the 1st ; 3rd as long as the 1st ; 4th half as long as the 

 3rd. Eyes large ; hemispheric above ; viewed from the side oval. 

 Hostrum reaching to the 2nd pair of coxae; 1st joint reaching to 

 the xyphus of the prosternum. 



Thorax. Pronotum trapezoidal, with a collar in front ; sides 

 slightly concave, wider than the collar, from behind which they 

 are margined and rounded anteriorly ; hinder angles rounded, and 

 slightly raised ; posterior margin convex, indented in the middle ; 



