354 CAPSINA. 



been taken by sweeping a hedge-bank, between Leatherhead and 

 Mickleham ; also near Blackheath, and at Tunbridge "Wells, in 

 July. 



Genus 4. PHYLUS (ffa/in), Fieb. 

 Elongate, narrow, almost parallel. 



Head ; viewed from above, pointed ; very much deflected from be- 

 hind the eyes to the apex, and slightly convex ; Grown almost flat ; 

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

 processes very short, in a line with the underside of the eyes ; Face 

 in front short, central lobe longish, convex ; side lobes short, narrow. 

 Antennce about as long as the body ; 1st joint a little shorter than the 

 head ; 2nd 4 times as long as the 1st, slightly thickened to the apex ; 

 3rd and 4th together about as long as the 2nd, somewhat filiform ; 

 4th ^ as long as the 3rd. Eyes large, somewhat prominent, viewed 

 from above almost hemispherical, from the side subglobose. Rostrum 

 reaching beyond the 3rd of coxae ; 1st joint reaching to the hinder 

 margin of the eye. 



Thorax. Pronotmi trapeziform, twice as broad across the poste- 

 rior margin as long ; anterior margin slightly indented in the middle, 

 behind which are 2 almost obsolete callosities, angles rounded ; 

 sides nearly straight ; hinder angles rounded, not reflexed ; posterior 

 margin slightly concave, rounded towards and at the hinder angles ; 

 disk convex, deflected to the head, Scutellum large, triangular, 

 almost equilateral ; very slightly raised above the clavus, with a deep 

 transverse channel about ^rd the distance from the base ; anterior and 

 hinder portions convex. Elytra considerably longer than the abdo- 

 men ; Clavus flattish, deflected to the corium ; Corium horizontal, 

 flattish between the claval suture and the 1st nerve, convex from 

 the latter to the anterior margin ; cuneus and membrane deflected ; 

 Cuneus long, triangular. Sternum : Prosternum ; xyphus triangular, 

 convex ; Mesosternum convex, with a central channel posteriorly ; 

 posterior margin concave ; Metasternum raised into a callosity in the 

 middle, posterior margin angled. Legs long and slender; tarsi 

 longish ; 2nd and 3rd joints of almost equal length ; 1st joint 

 shortest. 



