CAPSID^E. 431 



irregular, whitish margin round the cells ; cell-nerves pitchy black ; 

 cells whitish ; in the outer cell towards the apex frequently 1 or 2 

 piceous spots : of the ? ; Clavus imperfectly separated from the 

 Corium, the latter without cuneus and membrane, rounded at the 

 apex, and not covering the abdomen. Sternum in both sexes black. 

 Legs black; thighs clothed with long, erect, black hairs ; 3rd pair stout ; 

 tibiae with long, erect, somewhat spinose hairs ; tarsi and claws black. 



Abdomen black. 



Length, 2 2i lines. 



Not uncommon. By sweeping grass, &c., at Weybridge, in July. 



Species 2. ORTHOCEPHALUS SALTATOR. 



CAPSUS SALTATOR, Hahn, Wanz. iii, 11, fig. 236 (1835); Meyer, Caps. 

 112, 106 (1843) ; Kirschb. Caps. 83, 108, & p. 118 

 (1855). 

 HIRTUS, Curt. B. E. xv, pi. 693 (1838). 



- (CAPSTJS) MUTABILIS, Flor, Rhyn. Liv. i, 567, 58 (1860). 

 ORTHOCEPHALUS SALTATOR, Fieb, Europ. Hem. 291, 6 (1861). 



Black, covered with yellow scales and long, erect, black hairs ; 

 tibia reddish-yellow. 



Head. Crown; near each eye a small reddish-yellow spot. 

 Antennce; black, clothed with somewhat erect black hairs. Rostrum 

 black. 



Thorax. Pronotum in the <$ deflected to the head, in the ? 

 almost horizontal. Elytra of the ^ pitchy brown ; Clavus ; inner 

 margin narrowly black ; Corium ; anterior margin black, ciliate ; 

 Cuneus black ; Membrane brown-black, iridescent ; cell-nerves 

 pitchy black ; cells brown-black : $ without cuneus or mem- 

 brane ; Clavus not separated from the corium ; the apex of the 

 latter rounded, and not covering the abdomen. Sternum black. 

 Legs black ; thighs with long, somewhat erect, black hairs ; tibiae 

 reddish-yellow, base and apex black, the latter half frequently 

 black ; tarsi and claws black. 



Abdomen black. 



Length, ^ 2-L, ? If lines. 



Not uncommon. By sweeping clover, grass, &c., in July and 

 August. Shirley ; Eltham ; Mickleham ; Folkestone ; Llantrissant, 

 South Wales ; Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire (Wolla^ton). 



