396 CAPSINA. 



lobe longish, convex, prominent ; side lobes short, narrow. Antenna 

 short, about \ as long as the body ; 1st joint stout, somewhat clavate ; 

 2nd 2^ times longer than the 1st, thickened to the apex ; 3rd and 

 4th filiform, stoutish, 3rd |rds the length of the 2nd, 4th over J the 

 length of the 3rd. Eyes large, somewhat prominent ; viewed from 

 above hemispherical, from the side short oval. Rostrum reaching to 

 the 2nd or 3rd abdominal segment; 1st joint reaching to the middle 

 of the xyphus of the prosternum. 



Thorax. Pronotum trapeziform, nearly twice as broad across the 

 posterior margin as long, with 2 callosities in front ; anterior margin 

 indented in the middle, angles rounded ; sides straight ; hinder angles 

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

 rounded towards and at the hinder angles ; disk convex, deflected to 

 the head. Scutellum triangular, considerably raised above the clavus, 

 with a transverse channel near the base ; sides slightly convex . 

 anterior portion flattish in the middle, slightly deflected to the trans- 

 verse channel; hinder portion convex. Elytra longer than the 

 abdomen ; Clavus convex, deflected to the corium ; nerve stout, some- 

 what prominent; Corium horizontal, convex, flattish at the base 

 between the claval suture and the 1st nerve ; cuneus and membrane 

 deflected; Cuneus longish, triangular; base somewhat broad. Sternum: 

 Prosternum; xyphus longish, triangular, pointed; sides somewhat 

 convex; Mesosternum convex, elevated posteriorly, with a central 

 channel; posterior margin almost straight; Metasternum convex, 

 centre prominent. Legs : tarsi ; 2nd joint of the 3rd pair as long 

 as the 3rd ; 1st about 1 as long as the 2nd. 



Species 1. HOPLOMACHUS THUNBERGII. 



Minis THUNBERGII, Germ. Faun. Ins. Eur. fas. 13, tab. 19 (1813). 



PHYTOCORIS THUNBERGII, Fall. Hem. Suec. i, 105, 56 (1829). 



LOPUS HIERACEI, Hahn, Wanz. i, 144, fig. 73 (1831). 



CAPSUS THUNBERGII, Meyer, Caps, 81, 59 (1843) ; Sahib. Geoc. Fen. 



110, 41 (1848); Kirschb. Caps. 82, 106 (1855). 

 (CAPSUS) THUNBERGII, Flor, Rhyn. Liv. i, 608, 86 (I860). 

 HOPLOMACHUS THUNBERGII, Fieb. Europ. Hera. 316, 1 (1861). 



Yellowish or brownish-yellow, clothed with black hairs ; nerves of 

 the clavus and corium paler. 



Head. Crown with a large black or brown spot between the eyes, 



