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This appears to be a common species. It is described by Stal 
(Eug. Resa, p. 252) as Cymus galapagensis ; but the form of the 
head, with its extremely prominent eyes, seems to agree far better 
with Nysius. 
4, Miris Linear, n. sp. 
Form and size of M. ruficornis ; pale flesh-colour or pinky white ; 
femora of legs testaceous ; head oblong, subconical, abruptly conical 
in front, about two thirds the length of the thorax ; the latter widen- 
ing hindwards ; scutellum cordiform, nearly as long as the head; a 
central longitudinal well-defined carina from the front of the head 
to the apex of the scutellum, bordered on each side by a grey line, a 
grey streak also running from the back of the eyes to the hinder 
margin of the thorax ; abdomen rose-colour, with a central longitu- 
dinal carmine line which extends to the anal extremity, and with a 
lateral similar line which terminates at the antipenultimate segment : 
hemelytra longer than the abdomen, longitudinally plicate ; base of 
antenn, and tibize of legs, hairy : length 54 millimetres. 
Two examples, Charles Island (Darwin). 
Mr. Darwin obtained three examples of the larval condition of 
what is apparently an allied species from James Island. 
5. CAPsus SPOLIATus. 
Capsus spoliatus, Walker, Cat. Hemipt. Heteropt. vi. p- 112. 
n. 254, 
Charles and James Islands (C. Darwin). 
6. Capsus nIGRITULUS. 
Capsus nigritulus, Walker, Cat. Hemipt. Heteropt. vi. p. 112. n. 255. 
Charles Island (0. Darwin). 
Walker’s type is quite black, but apparently not naturally so; two 
other examples recently obtained, but also collected by Mr. Darwin, 
are tawny, with bright castaneous spots on the outer margins of the 
hemelytra, 
7. CAPSUS QUADRINOTATUS. 
- Capsus quadrinotatus, Walker, Cat. Hemipt. Heteropt. vi. p. 113. 
n. 256. 
Charles and James Islands (C. Darwin). 
Evidently a common species. 
8. Capsus parwinI, n. sp. 
Head conical, broader than long; thorax trapezoidal, convex, 
nearly twice as wide behind as it is long ; scutellum rectangularly 
triangular, slightly longer than the thorax ; hemelytra considerably 
longer than the abdomen; antenne about the length of the entire 
body. Colour testaceous, antennee blackish towards the tips ; head, 
thorax, and corium of hemelytra above, and the sides of pectus below, 
longitudinally streaked with parallel black lines; membrane with 
two black spots on the costa, the first at the apex of the corium, and 
