410 CAPSINA. 



"We have only seen a few examples of this species taken at Darenth 

 "Wood, on oaks, in June. 



Species 5. APOCREMNUS SIMILLIMUS. 



CAPSUS (CAPSUS) SIMILLIMUS, Kirschb. Caps. 93, 131 & 165, 26 (1855). 

 APOCKEMNUS Fieb. Europ. Hem. 304, 5 (1861). 



Dusky-yellowish with a reddish tinge, clothed with fine, depressed, 

 yellowish-white hairs, somewhat disposed in irregular patches. 



Head. Antennce yellowish or pale reddish-yellow. Rostrum 

 brownish-yellow; 1st joint reddish ; tip piceous. 



Thorax. Pronotum very finely wrinkled transversely ; sides some- 

 what ciliate. Scutellwn grayish-yellow or yellowish-red. Elytra; 

 Clavus dusky yellowish, with a reddish tinge, generally reddish 

 along the nerve ; Corium ; anterior margin and along the 1st nerve, 

 especially towards the apex, more or less broadly red ; Cuneus red, 

 the base more or less broadly dusky yellow; Membrane blackish, 

 iridescent, the disk broadly pale below the cells ; between the 

 apex of the cuneus and the inner cell-nerve a white patch ; outer 

 cell-nerve blackish ; apex and inner one red, or orange-yellow. 

 Legs ; thighs red, orange-red, or orange-yellow ; apex narrowly yel- 

 lowish ; 3rd pair with 1 or 2 black spots on the upper margin before 

 the apex; tibiae with blackish or brownish-red spots and longish, 

 erect, somewhat spinose, black hairs ; apex narrowly brownish ; 

 tarsi yellowish ; apex of the 3rd joint and claws brownish. 



Length, 1 j line. 



This species bears a strong resemblance to A. Quercus. We took 

 several specimens near Mickleham, in June and July, on, we believe, 

 Acer canvpestre. 



Genus 3. PSALLUS, Fieb. 



Short, oval. 



Head almost vertical in front, broader across the eyes than long ; 

 hinder margin not keeled ; Crown flattish convex, deflected to the 

 base of the clypeus, which is almost in a line with the anterior 

 margin of the eyes ; Clypeus convex ; apex slightly produced, in a 



