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Species 2. SPHYRACEPHALTJS ELEGANTULUS. 



CAPSUS ELEGANTULUS, Meyer, Caps. 69, t. 5, fig. 2 (1843). 

 CYRTOBHINUS ELEGANTULTJS, Fieb. Europ. Hem. 284 (1861). 



Black, shining. 



Head. Crown with a yellowish-white spot near each eye. An- 

 tennce black. Rostrum yellowish or greenish-yellow ; tip black. 



Thorax. Pronotmn finely wrinkled transversely ; disk somewhat 

 flattish posteriorly. Scutellum ; hinder portion finely wrinkled 

 transversely. Elytra pale yellowish or greenish ; Clavus ; inner 

 margin narrowly black, disk inner half brownish ; Coriwn ; inner 

 apical angle with a large, somewhat triangular, brownish patch ; 

 Cuneiis ; inner margin and apex brownish ; 3fembrane pale fuscous, 

 iridescent ; cell-nerves brown, apex of the inner one pale. Sternum 

 black. Legs yellowish-white ; tarsi ; 3rd joint and claws black. 



Abdomen underneath whitish-yellow, sparingly clothed with fine, 

 short, white hairs. 



Length, 1 line. 



This insect very closely resembles 8. amlulans, but may be dis- 

 tinguished from it by its somewhat shorter appearance and the 

 entirely black antenna. 



A few specimens have been taken by Dr. Power, at "Wimbledon, 

 in August, 1864. Near Newcastle-on-Tyne (Sold) ; Glanville's 

 "Wootton, Dorset (Dale). 



Genus 8. BYRSOPTEUA, Spin. 



elongate, narrow, delicate ; $ long oval, with undeveloped 

 elytra. 



$ Head vertical in front, in a line with the anterior margin of 

 the eye, wider across the eyes than long, and without a transverse keel 

 behind the latter ; Grown convex, deflected ; Clypeus convex, long ; 

 apex in a line with the base of the antennae ; antenniferous processes 

 short, in a line with the underside of the eye ; Face long, pointed ; 

 central lobe short, broad, slightly convex ; side lobes short, very 

 narrow, and somewhat parallel. Antennae as long as the body ; 1st 



