1 10 CATALOGUE OF 



Luteous, elongate-elliptical, smooth, shining. Head triangular. Eyes 

 black, slightly prominent. Rostrum extending to the hind coxa?. Antennae 

 black, slender, as long as the body; first joint as long as the head; second 

 nearly twice the length of the first ; third yellow, brownish at the tip, almost 

 as long as the first; fourth brown, a little longer than the third. Prothorax 

 with a variable blackish band on the hind border, and with a slight trans- 

 verse furrow near the fore border. Scutellum with a yellow stripe. Legs 

 slender ; femora and tibiae with two tawny bands; tarsi blackish at the tips. 

 Corium with two yellow streaks and a subapical yellow spot; first streak 

 extending from the base along the costa and thence obliquely to the disk; 

 second streak on the interior border. Membrane dark cinereous, with two 

 pellucid spots near the base. Length of the body 2\ lines. 



a. Rio Janeiro. Presented by J. Gray, Esq. 



b. Tejuca. Presented by the Rev. H. Clark. 



248. Capsus xaxxhophilus. 



Mas. Ferrugineus, glaher, nilens, fere linearis ; caput nigrum ; oculi 

 prominuli ; rostrum teslaceum, coxas intermedias allingens ; antenna 

 nigrce, pilosce, corpore longiores, arliculo \o teslaceo ; prothorax 

 antice arctatus et transverse sulcatus ; scutellum teslaceo univitlatum ; 

 pedes ruji ; corium apice luleum ; membrana nigricans. Var. — 

 Prothorax antice et corium picea ; femora apice nigricantia. 



Male. Ferruginous, smooth, shining, slender, nearly linear. Head 

 black, short-triangular. Eyes prominent. Rostrum testaceous, extending 

 to the middle coxae ; tip black. Antennae black, pilose, longer than the 

 body; first joint testaceous, stout, uot longer than the head; second full 

 six times the length of the first ; third more than half the length of the 

 second. Prothorax contracted and with a deep transverse furrow* in front. 

 Scutellum with a testaceous stripe. Legs red, slender. Corium luteous 

 at the tip. Membrane and hind wings blackish. Var. /3. — Prothorax in 

 front and corium piceous. Femora blackish at the tips. Length of the 

 body 3| — 4^ lines. 



a. Rio Janeiro. Presented by J. Gray, Esq. 



b. Brazil. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



249. Capsus squalidus. 



Mas. Luteus,ellipticus. subtilissime punctatus ; capitis lobus intermedins 

 antice niger ; oculi prominuli ; antennte picece ; prothorax transverse 

 subsulcatus, postice piceo unifasciatus ; corium apicem versus saturate 

 rufum ; alee postica cinerece. 



Male. Luteous, elliptical, very finely punctured. Head triangular; 

 middle lobe black in front. Eyes piceous, prominent. Antennae piceous, 

 slender; first joint as long as the head. Prothorax with a slight transverse 

 furrow in front, and with a narrow piceous band on the hind border. Legs 

 slender. Corium deep red towards the tip. Membrane brown. Hind 

 wings cinereous. Length of the body 2 lines. 



a. Rio Janeiro. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



