48 O. M. Reuter. 



goso. Scutellum transversira strigosum. Hemielytva maris compléta, subparallela, covio 

 sulco laterali profiindo, merabrana apicem abdominis leviter superante, obscure fumata, 

 macula parva ad apicem cunei pallescente; feminae abbreviata, tota coriacea, segmentum 

 sextum dorsale attingentia, apice versus suturam truucata, augulo exteriore rotuiidata, 

 incisura cunei luiUa. Pedes robusti, toti nigri, femoribus etiam feminae parum incras- 

 satis, margine anteriore setis rigidis destitutis. 



3. Orthoceplialus mutatilis Fall. 



Tal). IV, f. 2, cj; 3, 9- 



Diagn.: Cum antennis et pedibus niger, nitidus, superne nigro-setosus, setis 

 hemielytrorum semi-adpressis, pilis squamiforniibus orichalceis vel aureis facili- 

 ter divellendis tectus; vertice utrinque guttula ferruginea, saepe obso- 

 leta, postice tenuiter arcuato-raarginato, margine acuto, oculo circiter % — 

 duplo {(f) vel 2% — 2 % {%>) latiore ; antennis articulo secundo versus apicem 

 sensim distincte incrassato, tertio secundo V4 — % breviore, quarto tertio fere 

 % breviore ; pronoto scutelloque sub-laevibus, callis pronoti bene discretis ; 

 hemielytris maris plaga lata juxta suturam clavi dimidioque basali membranae 

 sordide albido-flaventibus, membranae venis nigris, feminae (brachypterae) totis 

 uigris, apice divaricatim late rotundatis. Long, c? 5%—5%, %: éy,— 4%"""- 



Syn.: Acanthia coriacea Fabr., Gen. Ins. 299, 1— 2!^) Salda id. Fabr., Syst. Rh. 

 115, 8. OrtJiocephalus id. Stål, Hem. Fabr. I, 88, 1. Reut., Hern. Gymn. Scand. et 

 Fenn. 110, 2! Saund., Syn. Br. Het. 289, 1. Capsus (Lopiis) id. Thoms., Op. Ent. 432, 

 50! Lahops id. Reut., Rev., Synon. n:o 263. C'iwea; ^rï/ZZo2cZes Gobze, Ent. Beytr. II, 187, 

 13. Capstis mutabüis Fall., Hem, Sv. 118, 5! Flor, Rh. Livl. 567, 58 partim. Haltims 

 id. BuRM., Handb. II, 277, 1. Capsus {Leptomerocoris) id. Kirsche., Rh. Wiesb. 83, 

 107. Orilwcephalm id. Fieb., Eur. Hem. 293, 8. Capsus püosus Hahn, Wanz. Ins. 

 II, 96, fig. 181. Met., Rh. Schw. 59, 24. Flor, Rh. Livl. 564, 56. Capsus stycjialis 

 MuLS. et Rby, Op. ent. I, p. 151 (veris. = 9). 



Hah. in Centaurea scahiosa (ipse), Carduis (Lucas), Spartio scopario (Hahn) etc.: 

 Suecia media ! et meridionalis ! ; Norvegia meridionalis ; Dania !; ßritannia ; Batavia ; Belgium ; 

 Gallia; Alsacia; Germania (Guestphalia, Wiesbaden, Bavaria, Silesia, Saxonia, Borussia, 

 Mecklenburg); Livonia; Rossia (Charcov, Nischni-Novgorod, Chvalynsk, Kasan, Orenburg); 

 Hungaria; Bohemia, Austria, Styria, Illyria; Helvetia; Italia; Algeria (?). 



Descr.: Corpus nigrum, sat nitidum, superne longe nigro-setosum, pilis sqvamifor- 

 mibus facile divellendis aureis vestitum. Caput basi pronoti Va (rf) vel vix magis qvam 

 Ve (^ brach.) angustius, nigrum, solum vertice utrinque guttula saepe sat obsolete ferru- 

 ginea; vertice a basi usque declivi et cum fronte sensim confluente, tenuiter aucuato- 

 marginato, clypeo basi a fronte parum discreto, ipsa basi in linea inter bases antenna- 

 rum dueta posita, loris discretis, gula sat longa. Rostrum piceo-nigrum, apicem meso- 



') Descriptio niinis falsa, nomeu vix acceptandum. Vide Rev. Syn. I, p 42! 



