428 CAPS IN A. 



CAPSUS PULICARIUS, Meyer, Caps. 110, 102 (1843); Sahib. Geoc. Fen. 

 119, 63 (1848) ; Kirschb. Caps. 101, 149 (1855). 

 (CAPSUS) PULICAEIUS, Flor, Rhyn. Liv. i, 600, 80 (1860). 

 AGALLIASTES PULICARIUS, Fieb. Europ. Hem. 312, 7 (1861). 



Black, sparingly clothed with short grayish hairs. 



Head. Antenna ; 1st and 2nd joints black ; 3rd and 4th, and 

 frequently the apex of the 2nd, broadly yellowish, or pale brownish- 

 yellow. Eyes black or brown-red. Rostrum pale brownish-yellow, 

 tip black. 



Thorax. Elytra; Membrane blackish, iridescent; cell- nerves 

 black. Legs black or brownish-black ; thighs ; apex yellow ; 1st and 

 2nd pairs near the apex on the upperside with a black spot, in 

 which is set a stout, somewhat spinose, black hair ; extreme apex of 

 the 3rd pair brown ; tibiee yellow, with large black spots, espe- 

 cially the 2nd and 3rd pairs, in each of which is set a stout, somewhat 

 spinose black hair ; apex of the 2nd and 3rd pairs narrowly black ; 

 tarsi yellowish ; 3rd joint and claws black. 



Abdomen entirely black. 



Length, 1 line. 



An abundant species at Deal, in August, by sweeping amongst 

 dwarf sallows, &c. Also under Erodium cicutarium. It is exceedingly 

 active and difficult of capture, owing to its saltatorial habit. 



Species 2. AGALLIASTES SALTITANS. 



LYG^US SALTITANS, Fall. Mon. Cim. 96, 80 (1807). 



PHYTOCORIS SALTITANS, Full. Hem. Suec. i, 114, 72 (1829). 



HALTICUS SALTIANS, Burm. Handb. ii, 278, 5 (1835). 



CHLAMYDATUS MARGINATUS, Curtis, B. E. xv, 693 (1838). 



ASTEMMA SALTIANS, Am. et Serv. Hem. 284, 2 (1843). 



CAPSUS SALTITANS, Sahib. Geoc. Fen. 119, 64 (1848); Kirschb. Caps. 



103, 153 (1855). 



(CAPSUS) SALTITANS, Flor, Rhyn. Liv. i, 603, 82 (1860). 

 AGALLIASTES SALTITANS, Fieb. Europ. Hem. 311, 3 (1861). 



Black, clothed with fine, short, yellow hairs. Elytra generally 

 undeveloped in both sexes, not covering more than half the 

 abdomen ; Clavus not distinct ; Cuneus and Membrane wanting. 



Head. Crown; hinder margin brownish-yellow or reddish. An- 



