382 CAPSINA. 



straight ; hinder angles rounded, somewhat raised ; posterior margin 

 'concave, rounded toward and at the hinder angles; disk convex, 

 deflected to the head, with a central channel extending throughout 

 its entire length. Scutellum convex, slightly raised above the clavus, 

 with a transverse channel near the base. Elytra longer than the 

 abdomen ; Clavus almost flat ; Corium horizontal, flat between the 

 claval suture and the 1st nerve, convex between the latter and the 

 anterior margin ; cuneus and membrane very slightly deflected ; 

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

 equilateral ; Mesosternum somewhat convex ; posterior margin con- 

 vex ; Metasternum flattish convex ; centre raised into a callosity. 

 Legs longish; tarsi; 2nd joint of the 3rd pair longer than the 3rd. 



Species 1. MACROLOPHUS NUBILUS. 



CAPSUS NUBILUS (H. Schf.) Panz. F. G. 135, 9 (1805); Meyer, Cap. 



73, (1843). 

 MACROLOPHUS NUBILUS, Fieb. Europ. Hem. 322, 2 (1861). 



Bright green, clothed with yellow hairs. Elytra ciliate. 



Head with a narrow black streak behind the eyes. Antennae 

 yellow ; 1st joint black. Eyes black or brown. Rostrum yellow. 



Thorax. Pronotum with a central channel extending throughout 

 its entire length. Elytra ; Cuneus pale green ; Membrane pale, iri- 

 descent, with an irregular, wavy, black, transverse band nearly midway 

 between the cells and the apex, dividing the membrane into four 

 somewhat oval patches of irregular size ; the 1st and smallest, below 

 the cuneus ; the 2nd, somewhat larger, at the apex ; the 3rd, at the 

 inner posterior angle ; and the 4th, and largest, between the outer 

 cell-nerve and the 3rd patch ; cells pale ; cell-nerves bright green 

 or yellow. Legs greenish or yellowish ; tibiae with very short, stout, 

 somewhat spinose, yellow hairs ; tarsi, apex of the 3rd joint brown ; 

 claws paler. 



Abdomen green, or yellowish-green. 



Length, If line. 



After death this insect generally becomes entirely yellow, except 

 the basal joint of the antennae and the last joint of the tarsi, which 

 retain their natural colour. 



We have met with this pretty species in some numbers, by sweep- 

 ing Stachys sylvatica, &c., in a wood near Lewisham, in June. 



