4t6 extomological news. [Nov., 191 i 



On two Species of the Berytid genus Capyella Bredd. 



(Rhynch.). 

 By E. Bebgroth, Fitchburg, Mass. 



Capyella novella n. sp. 



Castaneous, frontal spine pale testaceous, apex of second and third 

 antennal joint and female genital segments black, fourth antennal joint 

 white witli the apex fuscous. 



Head with the anteocular part as long as the postocular part, seen 

 from the side moderately sloping (45°) and obliquely truncate at apex, 

 the tylus being straight ; frontal spine rather long, slightly curved 

 downwards ; bucculse high, a little prominent apically ; rostrum almost 

 reaching hind coxse; antennae very much longer than the body, first 

 joint as long as second and third together, passing middle of abdomen, 

 its apical club elongate, second and third joints slightly thicker at apex, 

 third twice longer than second, fourth shorter than second. 



Thorax thickly and strongly punctate, more finely so on anterior 

 lobe of pronotum. which is a little sunken and rounded posteriorly and 

 less ihan half the length of the posterior lobe, pronotum with the sides 

 a little rounded, slightly obtusely gibbous at the posterior angles, the 

 median longitudinal elevated line not higher between the shoulders and 

 abbreviated before the depressed truncate basal margin. Scutellum 

 pointed and recurved at apex. Orificia reaching the level of the cor- 

 ium, the erect free apical process slightly sinuate at the tip. Hemely- 

 tra reaching apex of the penultimate dorsal segment. Wings not quite 

 reaching middle of antepenultimate segment. 



Abdomen beneath transversely strigulose, female genital segments 

 recurved. 



Legs \\hh the apical club of the femora elongate, hind femora as 

 long as first antennal joint, a little surpassing apex of abdomen (tarsi 

 missing). Length, $ 10 mm. 



West Africa (Assini). 



Larger and darker than C. malacaipus Stal, and distinguish- 

 ed by tlie very long third antennal joint, the much less elevated 

 humeral angles of the pronotum, the posteriorly less elevated 

 median pronotal ridge, and the almost uniformly colored, not 

 black-speckled leg? and first three antennal joints. 



Capyella lobulata Bergr. 



This species, described in 1909, has recently (1911) been re- 

 described by Distant under the name Metatropis tipnlaria. Dis- 

 tant's type and the specimens described by me are from the 

 same locality. Port Darwin, in N. W. Australia. In the genu? 

 Metatropis Fieb. the head has no frontal spine, the ocelli are 

 more approximate, the orificia are not freely prominent upward 

 at apex, etc. 



