444 CAPSINA. 



upper margin of the eyes ; hinder margin keeled ; Clypeus convex, 

 apex and antenniferous processes in a line with the middle of the 

 under half of the eyes ; Face ; central lobe long, convex, somewhat 

 pointed ; side lobes short, narrow. Antenna almost as long as the 

 body ; 1st joint somewhat cylindrical, about as long as the head ; 

 2nd stout, gradually thickened to the apex, more than 3 times the 

 length of the 1st ; 3rd and 4th filiform, together about as long as 

 the 2nd, 3rd a little longer than the 4th. Eyes somewhat large, 

 prominent, viewed from above hemispherical, from the side longish 

 oval. Rostrum short, reaching to the 3rd pair of COXSB ; 1st joint 

 free, as long as the head. 



Thorax. Pronotum short, trapeziform, twice as broad on the 

 posterior margin as long ; anterior margin straight, formed into a 

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

 short, rounded ; posterior margin concave in the middle, rounded 

 towards and at the hinder angles ; disk convex, deflected to the head, 

 with 2 callosities in front. Scutellum convex, slightly raised above 

 the clavus, with a transverse channel near the base. Elytra longer 

 than the abdomen, very slightly elevated posteriorly ; cuneus and 

 membrane deflected ; Clavus convex, deflected to the corium ; Corium 

 flattish convex ; Cuneus triangular, base as long as the anterior 

 margin, the latter rounded, leaving a small but distinct notch at the 

 base. Sternum : Prosternum ; xyphus triangular, equilateral, sides 

 keeled ; Mesosternum short, convex, horizontal, with a central channel ; 

 posterior margin convex, reflexed, slightly indented in the middle ; 

 Metasternum in the centre, with a callosity. Legs ; tarsi long, slender ; 

 3rd joint of the 3rd pair longest, 1st almost as long as the 2nd. 



Species 1. SYSTRATIOTUS NIGRJTUS. 



PHYTOCORIS NIGRITA, Fall. Hem. Suec. i, 97, 39 (1829). 



CAPSUS NIGRITUS, H. Schf. Norn. Ent. i, 52 (1835) ; H. Schf. Wanz. vi, 

 45, fig. 601 (1842); Sahib. Geoc. Fen. 116, 56 

 (1848); Kirschb. Caps. 69, 73, & 113 (1855). 



CAPSUS (CAPSUS) NIGRITA, Flor, Rhyn. Liv. i, 547, 44 (1860). 



POLYMERUS* NIGRITUS, Fieb. Europ. Hem. 391, 2 (1861). 



Black, very thickly clothed with short, depressed, golden-yellow 

 hairs. Tibia with 2 yellowish or reddish-yellow bands. 



* Pvlymerus, a genus of Diptera, Wied. (1821). 



