480 CAPSINA. 



PIIYTOCORIS PALLICORNIS Fall. Hem. Suec. i, 113, 70 (1829). 

 HALTICUS* Hahn, Wanz. i, 114, fig. 61 (1831) ; Burnt. 



Handb. ii. 278, 2 (1835) ; Fieb. Europ. Hera. 



281, 3 (1861). 

 CAPSUS Meyer, Caps. 110, 103 (1843) ; Sahib. Geoc. 



Fen. 118, 62 (1848); Kirschb. Caps. 102 



151 (1855). 



ASTEMMA APTERUM, Am. et Serv. Hem. 284, 1 (1843). 

 EYRECEPHALA PALLICORNIS, Kolen. Mel, Ent. ii, 130, 118 (1845). 

 CAPSTJS (CAPSUS) PALLIDICORNIS, Flor, Rhyri. Liv. i, 583, 67 (1860). 



Black, shining, clothed with fine, short, depressed hairs ; ? unde- 

 veloped. Elytra shorter than the abdomen ; Olavus sometimes 

 not distinct ; Cuneus and Membrane wanting. 



Head. Antennae yellow ; 2nd joint at the apex sometimes narrowly 

 brown ; 3rd at the apex broadly, and 4th frequently brownish-yellow. 



Thorax. Pronotum broad, punctured, somewhat transversely 

 wrinkled posteriorly; callosities almost obsolete. Scutellum finely 

 wrinkled transversely. Elytra somewhat deeply and coarsely punc- 

 tured ; in undeveloped examples shorter than the abdomen ; Clavus 

 sometimes not distinct ; Cuneus and Membrane wanting. Sternum 

 black. Legs; thighs black, apex broadly yellowish; tibice yellow, 

 with short, somewhat spinose, yellow hairs ; tarsi yellow ; 3rd joint 

 and claws black. 



Abdomen black underneath, clothed with fine, short, grayish hairs. 



Length, H~li line. 



We have not met with the developed form of the insect, which, 

 according to Eieber, has the membrane smoke-brown, with clear cell- 

 nerves margined with brown. 



Not a common species. It has occurred at Headley Lane, by 

 sweeping, and at Darenth, amongst Centaurea, in August. 



Species 2. HALTTCO,CORIS LUTEICOLLIS. 



LYG^EUS LUTEICOLLIS, Panz, F. G. 93, 18 (1805). 



CAPSUS PROPINGUUS, H. Schf. Wanz. vi, p, 47, fig. 606 (1841) ; Kirschb. 



Caps. 120, 147 (1855). 

 HALTICUS LUTEICOLLIS, Fieb. Burop. Hem. 281, 1 (1861). 



Black, shining, clothed with fine, short, depressed, yellow hairs. 

 Elytra developed. 



* Haltica, Hahn, a name used in Coleoptera, Illiger, 1801. 



