390 CAPSINA. 



greenish-yellow, between the 1st nerve and the claval suture pale 

 brownish-yellow, the colour spreading across the disk, and gradually 

 becoming paler, until absorbed in the ground colour ; Cuneus green- 

 ish-yellow ; Membrane brownish, faintly iridescent ; cell-nerves 

 stout, white, externally margined with brown; cells brown, outer 

 one paler at the base. Legs pale brownish-yellow; fhiglis ; 3rd 

 pair at the apex brownish, and with a few minute black spots; 

 tibia yellowish, with short, somewhat spinose, black hairs ; tarsi 

 brown ; 3rd joint at the apex, and claws black. 



Length, 2J lines. 



Since its capture this insect has faded much in colour, and the 

 description has been drawn up from its present appearance. It was 

 submitted to Dr. Fieber for determination, who returned it with the 

 above manuscript name and with the following note attached: 

 " Allied to Amblytylus nasutus, but with different markings on the 

 membrane. Also like Oncotylus tanaceti, in having no cell-hooks. It 

 also resembles Macrocoleus sordidus, but the latter has another form 

 of head and different markings on the membrane, the 2 blackish 

 spots on the thorax shining through from the mesonotum." 



A single specimen taken at Eltham, in July, by sweeping short 

 grass, &c. 



Genus 4. TJNICEPHALUS, Fieb. 

 Longish, narrow ; <$ almost parallel ; $ suboval. 



Head almost vertical in front, twice as broad across the eyes as 

 long ; Crown slightly convex, somewhat deflected ; Clypeus more or 

 less convex, apex nearly in a line with the short antenniferous pro- 

 cesses, and almost level with the anterior margin of the eyes ; 

 antenniferous processes below the middle of the lower half of the 

 eyes ; Face ; central lobe short, somewhat narrow, convex ; side 

 lobes short, broad, parallel, somewhat rounded outwardly. Antennce 

 shorter than the body ; 1st joint about f rds the length of the 

 head; 2nd 3| times as long as the 1st, thickened to the apex; 

 3rd and 4th together longer than the 2nd, and perceptibly thinner, 

 3rd as long as the 2nd, 4th \ as long as the 3rd. Eyes large, 

 somewhat prominent ; viewed from above almost spherical, from 

 the side short oval. Rostrum reaching to the 3rd abdominal 

 segment ; 1st joint reaching to the middle of the xyphus of the pro- 

 sternum. 



Thorax. Pronotum short, trapezoidal, twice as broad across the 



