474 CAPSINA. 



FAMILY 17. LOPIDJS. 



Genus 1. LOPUS, lfa/k. 

 Elongate, almost parallel. 



Head short, vertical in front, 2J times as broad across the eyes as 

 long ; Crown flat, horizontal, almost level with the upper margin of 

 the eyes ; Clypeus convex ; base almost in a line with the anterior 

 margin of the eyes ; apex, and short antenniferous processes in a 

 line with the middle of the lower half of the eyes ; side lobes stout, 

 convex, rounded outwardly ; Face ; central lobe long, convex, 

 stout ; side lobes long, narrow, rounded outwardly. Antennce as 

 long as the body, 1st joint cylindrical., longer than the head ; 2nd 

 slightly thickened to the apex, a little more than twice as long as 

 the 1st ; 3rd and 4th filiform, together as long as the 2nd, 3rd a 

 little shorter than the 4th. .Eyes large, prominent ; viewed from 

 above hemispherical, from the side, oval. Rostrum reaching to tbe 

 end of the metasternum. 



Thorax. Pronotum trapeziform ; nearly twice as broad on the 

 posterior margin as long, with a collar and 2 callosities in front ; 

 anterior margin straight, or slightly indented in the middle ; sides 

 very slightly concave, margined to behind the callosities ; hinder 

 angles rounded ; posterior margin convex, almost straight across the 

 scutellum ; disk convex, deflected to the callosities. Scutellum trian- 

 gular, equilateral ; considerably raised above the clavus, with a 

 transverse channel near the base ; the anterior portion almost or 

 entirely concealed beneath the posterior margin of the pronotum. 

 Elytra longer than the abdomen, $ longest ; horizontal as far as 

 the junction with the clavus and membrane, which are deflected ; 

 Clavus convex, deflected to the corium ; Corium flattish convex, flat 

 between the claval suture and the 1st nerve ; Cuneus long, trian- 

 gular. Sternum: Prosternum ; xyphus, triangular, short; sides 

 straight. Mesosternum short, convex, with a central channel ; pos- 

 terior margin convex ; indented in the middle. Metasternum ; 

 flattish convex ; central angle prominent. Legs : tarsi ; 3rd joint 

 of the 3rd pair longest ; 1st and 2nd subequal. 



