392 CAPSINA. 



Abdomen pale or greenish-yellow ; underneath clothed with short, 

 silvery-white hairs. 



Length, If 2 lines. 



A common species on furze and broom bushes near Blackheath, 

 in July. Dr. Fieber has seen the insect, and pronounced it to be 

 distinct. 



Genus 5. ONCOTYLUS, Fieb. 

 $ elongate, somewhat narrow ; $ sometimes suboval. 



Head as broad across the eyes as long, deflected ; Crown and 

 Clypeus convex, forming a continuous curve ; apex of the latter in a 

 line with the middle of the eyes ; side lobes prominent, convex ; 

 antenniferous processes short, in a line with the middle of the 

 lower half of the eyes ; Face ; central lobe very convex, promi- 

 nent; side lobes short, somewhat triangular, rounded outwardly. 

 AntenncB ; 1st joint almost as long as the head; 2nd 4 times 

 as long as the 1st, slightly thickened to the apex ; 3rd and 

 4th filiform ; 3rd, $ almost as long as the 2nd, $ f rds as long ; 

 4th -J- of the 3rd. Eyes somewhat prominent, $ more so than the 

 <j> ; viewed from above almost hemispherical, from the side oval ; 

 shorter in the $ than the $ . Rostrum stout, reaching to the 3rd 

 pair of coxae ; 1st joint shorter than the head. 



Thorax. Pronotum trapeziform, twice as broad across the poste- 

 rior margin as long, with 2 callosities behind the slightly indented 

 anterior margin, angles rounded ; sides straight ; hinder angles 

 short, obtuse; posterior margin straight in the middle, rounded 

 from within the basal angles of the scutellum towards and at the 

 hinder angles ; disk convex, deflected to the head. Scutellum trian- 

 gular, equilateral, raised above the clavus, with a transverse channel 

 near the base ; hinder portion convex. Elytra considerably longer 

 than the abdomen ; Clavus convex, deflected to the corium ; nerve 

 stout, prominent ; Corium horizontal, slightly convex, base flat ; 

 cuneus and membrane deflected ; Cuneus long, triangular. Sternum : 

 Prosternum ; xyphus triangular, pointed ; Mesosternum shortened 

 behind, notched in the middle ; Metasternum short, somewhat obtuse. 

 Legs ; tarsi short, 2nd and 3rd joints of equal length ; 1st f rds of 

 the 2nd. 



