370 CAPSINA. 



somewhat prominent, viewed from above semicircular, from the side 

 short oval, perpendicular. Rostrum reaching to the 2nd pair of 

 coxae ; 1st joint much shorter than the head. 



Thorax. Pronotum longish trapeziform, with a narrow collar 

 in front, and 2 almost obsolete callosities behind the latter ; 3 times 

 broader across the posterior margin than the anterior one ; anterior 

 margin indented in the middle, angles rounded ; sides slightly con- 

 cave ; hinder angles short ; posterior margin concave, rounded 

 towards and at the hinder angles ; disk very convex, and greatly 

 deflected to the head. Scutellum triangular, considerably raised 

 above the clavus, with a transverse channel in the centre, anterior 

 portion in the middle almost flat, deflected to the transverse channel ; 

 basal angles concave, sides steep, and at their junction with the 

 upper surface forming a narrow keel ; hinder portion very convex. 

 Elytra longer than the abdomen ; Clavus convex, deflected to the 

 corium ; Corium horizontal, almost flat ; anterior margin contracted 

 before the middle ; cuneus and membrane deflected. Cuneus 

 somewhat long, narrow, triangular. Sternum : Prosternum ; xyphus 

 triangular, equilateral, distinctly margined; Mesosternum convex, 

 somewhat depressed posteriorly, with a broad channel down the 

 centre ; Metasternum flattish convex, in the centre broad, the angle 

 obtuse. Legs long, somewhat slender ; tarsi ; 3rd joint of the 3rd 

 pair longer than the 2nd ; 1st f the length of the 2nd. 



Abdomen very much narrowed at the base. 



Species 1. SYSTELLONOTUS TRIGUTTATUS. 



CIMEX TRIGUTTATUS, Lin. S. N. 729. 94 (1767). 



LYG^EUS Fab. S. R. 239, 183 (1803). 



CAPSUS Fall. Hem. Suec. i, 121, 12 (1829); Meyer, 



Caps. 90, 74 (1843); Sahib. Geoc. Een. 92, 

 2 (1848); Kirschb. Caps. 51, 40, & 110, 40 

 (1855). 



CYLLECOBJS TJLIGUTTATUS, Hahn, Wanz. ii, 99, fig. 185 (1835). 



CAPSTJS (CAPSUS) TRIGUTTATUS, Flor, Rhyn. Liv. i, 480, 8 (1860). 



SYSTELLONOTUS Fieb. Europ. Hem. 323 (1861). 



Reddish-brown, sparingly clothed with somewhat erect, yellowish 

 hairs. Elytra ; Clavus with a narrow silver band ; Corium 

 with 2 broad silver-white bands. Abdomen very much con- 

 tracted at the base. 



