368 CAPSINA. 



vex, slightly notched in the middle; Metasternum convex; centre 

 prominent, almost hemispherical ; posterior margin elevated, centre 

 obtusely angled. Legs long, thin ; 3rd pair longest ; thighs of the 

 1st and 2nd pairs almost cylindrical ; 3rd pair slightly flattened on 

 the sides ; tarsi short, 3rd joint of the 3rd pair longer than the 

 2nd ; 1st joint shortest. 



Species 1. CYLLOCORIS HISTRIONICUS. 



CIMEX HISTRIONICUS, Lin. S. N. 728, 89 (1767) ; Schrank, Enum. Ins. 



Aust. 286, 550 (1781). 

 LYG.EUSAGILIS, Fab. E. S. iv, 182 170 (1791); Wolff. Ic. Cim. 150, tab. 



15, fig. 147, a, b (1804). 

 CAPSUS Fab. S. ft. 247, 31 (1803) ; Fall. Hem. Suec. i, 120, 10 



(1829). 



CYLLOCORIS AGILIS, Hahn. Wanz. ii, 98, fig. 182 (1833). 

 PHYTOCORIS HISTRIONICUS, Burn. Handb. ii, 267, 2 (1835). 

 CAPSUS Meyer, Caps. 90, 75 (1843) ; Sahib. Geoc. 



Fen. 96, 9 (1848) ; Kirschb. Caps. 43, 26 



(1855). 

 POLYMERUS (KELIDOCORIS) HISTRIONICUS, Kolen. Mel. Ent. ii, 102, 74 



(1845). 



CAPSUS (CAPSUS) HISTRIONICUS, Flor, Rhyn. Liv. j, 475, 5 (1860). 

 CYLLOCORIS Fieb. Europ. Hem. 282 (1861). 



Black, shining. 



Head. Crown in the centre behind the eyes, with a small yel- 

 lowish or yellowish-white spot. Antenna ; 1st joint yellowish-red, 

 red or brown, base narrowly black, immediately followed by a 

 narrow yellow band, or entirely yellow except the black base, and 

 the apex more or less red ; 2nd black, clothed with very short dark 

 hairs ; 3rd and 4th brown, apex of the latter more or less reddish- 

 brown. Hostrum yellow, tip black or brown. 



Thorax. Pronotum ; the collar, a central line reaching from be- 

 tween the callosities to the posterior margin, and a transverse broad 

 band within the latter yellow, or yellowish-white. Scutellum from the 

 transverse channel to the apex orange-yellow or yellow. Elytra; 

 Clavus yellow, somewhat coarsely shagreened, base frequently black, 

 transversely wrinkled ; inner margin and nerve as far as the apical 

 angle black; Goriwn ; anterior margin black at the base, with a 

 short yellow streak immediately beyond extending for a little way 



