352 CAPSINA. 



joint about frds the length of the pronotuni; 2nd stout, about 

 3|rd times as long as the 1st; 3rd and 4th filiform, together a 

 little longer than the 2nd ; 4th more than \ the length of the 3rd. 

 Eyes large, somewhat prominent ; viewed from above hemispherical, 

 from the side oval. Rostrum reaching to the 3rd pair of coxse ; 1st 

 joint stout, reaching to the xyphus of the prosternum. 



Thorax. Pronotum somewhat campanulate, broader than long ; 

 anterior margin almost straight, angles somewhat acute ; sides con- 

 cave ; hinder angles not raised ; posterior margin concave, rounded 

 towards and at the hinder angles. Scutellum triangular, equilateral, 

 level with the clavus, with a transverse channel near the base. 

 Elytra longer than the abdomen ; Clavus slightly convex, deflected 

 to the corium; Corivm horizontal, slightly convex, very slightly 

 deflected at the junction with the cuneus and membrane ; Cuneus 

 long, triangular. Sternum; Prosternum triangular; Mesosternum 

 convex, in front reduced to a fine edge, posteriorly shortened, and 

 with a channel in the centre ; Metasternum broad, very short, angle 

 shortened. Legs long and thin; 3rd pair longest; tarsi longish, 

 slender ; 2nd joint of the 3rd pair longer than the 3rd ; 1st shortest. 



Species 1. BYRSOPTERA CARICIS. 



CAPSUS CARICIS, Fall Hem. Suec. i, 123, 15 (1829); Meyer, Caps. 



66 (1813); Sahib. Geoc. Ten. 92, 3 (1848); Kirschb. 



Caps. 70, 77 (?); 75, 77, & 114, 77 U) (1855). 

 CYLLECORIS CARICIS, Hahn, Wanz. ii, 100, fig. 184 (1833). 

 HALTICUS RUFIFIIONS, Burnt. Handb. ii, 278, 3 (1835). 

 CAPSUS H. Schf. Wanz. iii, 110, fig. 338 (1836) ; Meyer, 



Caps. 105 ( 1843). 



BYRSOPTERA ERYTHROCEPHALA, Spin. Ess. 191 (1840). 

 BRYOCORIS RUFIFRONS, Sahib. Geoc. Fen. 124, 1 (1848). 

 CAPSUS (CAPSUS) RUFIFRONS, Flor, Rhyn. Liy. i, 622, 97 (1860). 

 MALTHACUS CARICIS, Fieb. Europ. Hem. 312 (1861). 



$ Black, clothed with fine, short, yellowish hairs. 



Head shining. Antennae clothed with fine, short, yellowish- white 

 hairs; 1st joint brownish-yellow, frequently black ; 2nd black ; 3rd 

 and 4th pale yellowish. Eyes red, or brownish-red. Rostrum; 1st 

 joint generally black ; 2nd and 3rd pale ; tip black. 



