PSALLID^E. 409 



Species 4. APOCREMNUS QUERCUS. 



CAPSTJS QUERCUS, Kirsehb. Caps. 93, 130 & 163, 25 (1855). 

 APOCHEMNUS QUERCUS, Fieb. Europ. Hem. 304, 3 (1861). 



Brownish or reddish-brown, clothed with short, depressed white 

 hairs. 



Head reddish-brown. Antennae yellow, clothed with short, white 

 hairs ; 1st joint sometimes reddish-yellow, with a minute black spot 

 on the uppers-side before the apex ; apical half of the 2nd frequently 

 reddish-yellow; 3rd and 4th pale brownish-yellow. Rostrum 

 reddish-brown, tip darker. 



Thorax. Pronotum reddish-black or reddish-brown, palest towards 

 and at the hinder angles ; disk very finely wrinkled transversely. 

 Scutellum reddish-black or reddish -brown, finely wrinkled trans- 

 versely. Elytra somewhat diaphanous; Clavus pale brownish-red; 

 apex narrowly blackish ; nerve reddish, inner margin of the latter 

 and the suture pale ; disk very finely wrinkled transversely ; Corium ; 

 anterior margin pale reddish-yellow, next the apex reddish ; disk 

 finely wrinkled transversely, brownish-red, base and posterior inner 

 angle paler ; Cuneus brown-red, base narrowly margined with white ; 

 extreme apex red ; Memlrane fuscous, iridescent, blackish along the 

 anterior margin ; inner marginal nerve brown ; cell-nerves, a narrow 

 line below the inner margin of the cuneus, and a short streak below 

 the apex of the inner cell-nerve white ; inner cell black ; apex of the 

 outer cell blackish. Sternum: Prosternum ; xyphus yellowish, with 

 a narrow, red, central line ; Mesosternum ; sides reddish ; centre 

 brown-red; Metasternivm somewhat yellowish. Legs; COOCCB and 

 fulcra yellowish-white; thighs; 1st and 2nd pairs reddish-brown, 

 apex narrowly reddish ; 3rd red ; extreme base and a narrow, trans- 

 verse, diagonal streak before the apex, brown ; tibics yellowish, with 

 large, brown-black spots and short, black, spinose hairs ; apex 

 narrowly black ; 3rd pair broadly brownish at the base ; tarsi 

 yellow; 1st joint at the base and 3rd blackish ; claws brown. 



Abdomen underneath brown-red, clothed with fine, short, whitish 

 hairs. 



Length, If line. 



This insect bears a strong resemblance to A. varidbilis, but it is 

 larger, has redder thighs, and is clothed with white hairs. 



