CAMARONOTID^E. 361 



CAPSUS CLAVATUS, H. Schf. Wanz. iii, 47, 267 (1836); Zett. Ins. Lap. 



278, 3 (1839); Meyer, Caps. 87, 70 (1843); 



Sahib. Geoc. Fen. 91, 1 (1848) ; Kirschb. Caps. 



72, 80, & 137 (1855). 



PHYTOCORIS SPHEGIFOKMIS, Kolen. Mel. Ent. ii, 110, 85 (1845). 

 CAPSUS (CAPSUS) CLAVATUS, Flor, Rhyn. Liv. i, 569, 59 (I860). 

 CAMARONOTUS Fied. Europ. Hem. 313, 2 (1861). 



Brown-yellow ; very sparingly clothed with short, yellowish hairs. 



Head more or less brown in the centre, with a short, indistinct, 

 longitudinal keel, scarcely extending to the front of the eyes. 

 Antennae ; 1st and 2nd joints brownish-yellow, apex of the latter 

 broadly black, base a little thinner than the 1st ; 3rd brown, basal 

 half yellowish-white ; 4th brown, basal ^th yellowish-white. Eyes 

 brownish-black ; Eostrum brown, last 2 joints darker. 



Thorax. Pronotum brown, sides concave beyond the middle ; pos- 

 terior margin slightly concave, rounded towards and at the hinder 

 angles ; disk very convex, transversely wrinkled. Scutellum black, 

 with a large lunate depression between the base and the transverse 

 channel ; callosity hemispherical, finely wrinkled transversely ; 

 margins flat, with a narrow line of short, silver- white hairs. Elytra : 

 Corium ; between the 1st nerve and the anterior margin shining, 

 brown, apical jrd convex, outer angles narrowly reddish ; disk with 

 2 very narrow bands of silver-white hairs ; the 1st about |rd from 

 the base, extending from the anterior margin to the claval suture ; 

 2nd about -|rd from the apex, extending from the anterior margin to 

 the inner margin of the clavus ; Cuneus convex, reddish-brown, base 

 about equal to the length ; Membrane broad, blackish-brown ; the 

 entire margin, with the exception of the base, broadly pale ; cell-nerves 

 pale reddish-brown. Legs red ; tliiglis with a broad piceous patch on 

 the upperside next the apex, the latter yellowish underneath ; tibiae 

 with a few, very short, somewhat spinose, dark hairs ; tarsi yel- 

 lowish ; 1st joint a little darker ; 3rd brown ; claws reddish-yellow. 



Abdomen underneath brown, shining, clothed with short, yellowish 

 hairs ; the sides with a few patches of silver- white ones. 



Length, 2 lines. 



We have only seen a single example of this insect, taken by Mr. 

 Eye. Flor says, " upon willows, alders, and birches, not uncommon 

 in June, July, and August." 



