406 CAPSINA. 



Species 2. APOCREMNUS OBSCURUS. 



CAPSUS OBSCURTJS, Kirschb. Caps. 92, 128, & 162, 24 (1855) $ . 

 BETTJUE, Kirschb. Caps. 94, 133, & 167, 27 (1855)$. 



$ pitchy brown. Antenna ; 1st and 2nd joints black. ? reddish, 

 pale brownish, or yellowish-red. Antenna; 1st joint black; 

 2nd yellow, apical 3rd black ; both sexes clothed with fine, 

 depressed, golden-yellow hairs. 



$ , Head black. Antenna; 1st and 2nd joints black; 3rd and 

 4th brownish, base of the 3rd narrowly yellowish. Eyes brownish- 

 black. Rostrum brown, tip piceous. 



Thorax. Pronotwn black. Scutellum, black ; finely wrinkled 

 transversely ; basal angles sometimes narrowly brownish-yellow. 

 Elytra pitchy brown ; Clavus very finely wrinkled transversely ; base 

 narrowly reddish or yellowish; Coriwn; anterior margin black, 

 towards and at the apex frequently broadly reddish-brown, within 

 the anterior margin at the base reddish or yellowish ; disk very 

 finely wrinkled transversely ; Cuneus red-brown ; base narrowly, 

 towards the inner angle broadly, reddish-yellow ; Membrane 

 blackish, iridescent, with a pale curved patch below the cells ; 

 anterior margin narrowly black ; between the apex of the cuneus 

 and the inner cell-nerve a triangular whitish patch ; inner marginal 

 nerve pitchy brown ; cell-nerves white or yellowish white, the outer 

 one exteriorly margined with black ; outer cell white, apex black ; 

 inner one black. Sternum grayish -brown. Legs ; COXOB and fulcra 

 pale grayish or yellowish- white ; thighs black or pitchy black ; apex 

 of the 1st and 2nd pairs, and frequently the 3rd, pale brownish- 

 yellow; tibia yellowish, with black spots, and short, stout, erect, 

 spinose, black hairs ; apex narrowly black ; tarsi yellowish ; 1st 

 joint brown ; 3rd and claws black. 



Abdomen ; upperside pitchy brown ; underside brownish-black, 

 sparingly clothed with short, golden-yellow hairs ; genital segments 

 clothed with fine golden-yellow hairs. 



Length, 2 lines. 



? reddish, pale brownish or yellowish-red, clothed with fine, 

 depressed, golden-yellow hairs. 



