400 CAPSINA. 



We have taken this species in abundance by sweeping amongst 

 short grass, &c., in a field at Eltham, in June. At Scarborough, 

 amongst Lithospermum officinale and arvense, and on the flowers of 

 Echium vulgar e, in July (Wilkinson). 



FAMILY 12. PSALLttME. 

 Genus 1. PLAGIOGNATHUS, Fieb. 

 Longish, narrow, almost parallel. 



Head almost vertical in front, 1^ time as broad across the eyes as 

 long ; Crown slightly convex, almost level with the upper margin of 

 the eyes. Clypeus flattish, very much deflected ; base level with the 

 anterior margin of the eyes ; apex projecting a little beyond and in a 

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

 with the middle of the lower half of the eyes ; Face pointed ; central 

 lobe longish, convex, prominent ; side lobes short, narrow, rounded 

 outwardly. Antenna shorter than the body ; 1st joint shorter than 

 the head, clavate ; 2nd 3 times longer than the 1st, slightly thick- 

 ened to the apex ; 3rd and 4th filiform, 3rd f rds the length of the 

 2nd, 4th J the length of the 3rd. Eyes large, prominent ; viewed 

 from above almost hemispherical, from the side short oval. Ros- 

 trum reaching to the 2nd abdominal segment ; 1st joint reaching 

 nearly to the middle of the xyphus of the prosternum. 



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

 posterior margin as long, with 2 more or less distinct callosities 

 behind the indented anterior margin, angles rounded ; sides 

 straight ; hinder angles somewhat acute ; posterior margin straight, 

 slightly rounded from the basal angles of the scutellum to the 

 hinder angles; disk flattish convex, deflected to the head. Scu- 

 tellum triangular, almost level with the clavus, with a transverse 

 channel near the base; anterior portion convex, deflected to the 

 transverse channel; hinder portion flattish convex. Elytra longer 

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

 horizontal, flattish convex ; cuneus and membrane slightly deflected ; 

 Cuneus longish, triangular ; base somewhat broad. Sternum : Pro- 

 sternum ; xyphus triangular, convex; Mesosternum convex, in the 

 middle in front compressed into a small triangle, with a short oblique 

 channel on each side ; posterior margin almost straight, very slightly 

 notched in the middle ; Metasternum slightly convex, centre promi- 

 nent and angular. Legs ; thighs somewhat stout ; 3rd pair flattened 

 on the sides ; tarsi; 2nd joint of the 3rd pair longer than the 3rd. 





