CAPSID^E. 443 



short black streak along the outside, frequently wanting in the 1st 

 and 2nd pairs ; apex generally narrowly brown ; tarsi and claws black. 



Length, 3J- lines. 



Common everywhere in the London district, on nettles and bram- 

 ble flowers, in July and August. 



Species 2. CAPSUS SCUTELLAKIS. 



LYGJSUS SCUTELLAKIS, Fab. E. S. iv, 180, 163 (1794). 



CAPSUS Fab. S. ft. 245, 22 (1803) ; Fieb. Europ. Hem. 



264, 9 (1861). 



PHYTOCORIS Fall. Hem. Suec. i, 109, 63 (1829). 

 CAPSUS (CAPSUS) SCUTELLABIS, Flor, Rhyn. Liv. i, 510, 24 (1860). 



Black, shining, not clothed with hairs. Scutellum in typical examples 

 red. Oimeus black. 



Head. Crown; posterior margin narrowly yellowish. Antennae 

 black. Rostrum black. 



Thorax. Pronotum thickly and deeply punctured. Scutellum 

 red, or blackish next the transverse channel, or entirely black, with 

 a few deep punctures. Elytra deeply and coarsely punctured; 

 Cuneus black, somewhat indistinctly punctured ; Membrane blackish, 

 below the apex of the cuneus a whitish patch; cell-nerves blackish. 

 Legs ; thighs black ; tibia black, towards the apex brownish or reddish- 

 yellow, and with fine, somewhat spinose, black hairs ; tarsi and claws 

 black. 



Length, 3| lines. 



We have only seen a few examples of this species ; one beaten from 

 flowers of bramble, on Dartford Heath, in July ; one taken by Dr. 

 Power, at Hindolvestone, near East Dereham, Norfolk, in August ; 

 one by Mr. Gr. Lewis, and one or two by Mr. Dale, in Woolmer 

 Eorest, in July. 



Fieber says the legs are orange-yellow ; but none of our specimens, 

 nor the descriptions of other authors, corroborate this. 



Genus 9. SYSTRATIOTUS.* 

 Oval. 



Head almost vertical in front, twice as broad across the eyes as 

 long ; Crown convex, very much deflected, raised a little above the 



* Sv-trrpartwnje, a comrade. 



