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Genus 8. CAPSUS, Fab. 

 Elongate, oval, broad. 



Head very much deflected, viewed from above pointed, the length 

 almost equal to the breadth across the eyes ; Grown slightly convex, 

 nearly horizontal, almost level with the upper margin of the eyes ; 

 Clypeus convex ; side lobes short, convex, narrow ; antenniferous 

 processes short in a line with the middle of the lower half of the eyes ; 

 Face; central lobe very prominent, convex, pointed; side lobes 

 short, narrow, almost parallel. Antenna shorter than the body ; 1st 

 and 2nd joints incrassated, especially the 2nd ; 1st almost cylindrical, 

 shorter than the head j 2nd, in the ^ gradually thickened to the 

 apex ; in the $ fusiform at the apex, tapering to beyond the middle, 

 then cylindrical to the base, 3 times as long as the 1st ; 3rd and 

 4th filiform, together about Jrds the length of the 2nd, 4th, Jrds of 

 the 3rd. Eyes oval, very large and prominent. Rostrum reaching 

 to the 3rd pair of coxse ; 1st joint stout, as long as the head ; 2nd, 

 3rd, and 4th thinner. 



Thorax. Pronotum trapeziform, 1^ times as broad on the 

 posterior margin as long ; anterior margin narrow, concave, with 

 a collar, angles rounded ; sides slightly convex ; hinder angles 

 acute, slightly raised ; posterior margin concave in the middle, 

 rounded towards and at the hinder angles ; disk very convex, 

 deflected to the head, and with 2 callosities in front, generally 

 joined by a short transverse keel. Scutellum triangular, equilateral, 

 very convex, considerably raised above the clavus. Clavus convex, 

 deflected to the corium ; Corium slightly elevated posteriorly; cuneus 

 and membrane deflected; disk almost flat between the claval suture 

 and the 1st nerve, between the latter and the anterior margin con- 

 vex ; anterior margin reflexed ; Cuneus triangular, broad at the base. 

 Sternum: P roster mm ; xyphus convex, faintly chanelled in the 

 centre, sides keeled ; Mesosternum short, convex, with a central 

 channel ; posterior margin almost straight, rounded towards the 

 sides ; Metasternum ; central angle prominent, convex. Legs ; thighs 

 somewhat cylindrical ; tarsi ; 3rd pair, 3rd joint longest, 1st and 2nd 

 almost equal. 



