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CATALOGUE OF 
Female. Tawny, elliptical, very finely punctured. Head triangular. 
Eyes piceous, prominent. Rostrum extending to the hind coxae , tip 
black. Antennae slender, a little shorter than the body ; first joint a little 
shorter than the head ; second about twice as long as the first, piceous 
towards the tip ; third piceous, much shorter than the second. Piothorax 
with two interrupted black stripes on each side, the inner pair continued 
on each side of the scutellum. Pectus and basal part of the abdomen vyith 
a black patch in the middle and with a black stripe on each side. Conum 
irregularly piceous along the interior border; veins partly red. Membrane 
brownish* Length of the body 2^ lines, 
a. New Zealand. Presented by Dr. Sinclair. 
309. Capsus ustulatus. 
Poem. Fulvus, sublilissitne pmiciatus ; oculi prominuli ; rostrum coxas 
inlermedias allingens; antennae corpore paullo breviores, apices 
versus piceae ; prothorax vitlis quinque pallidioribus duabusque 
piceis ; scutellum pallido univitlalum ; pectoris discus et venter basi 
nigricantes; femora postica subtus picea ; membrana fuscescens, 
cinereo guttata. 
Female. Tawny, elliptical, very finely punctured. Head triangular, 
with some smaller paler marks. Eyes piceous, prominent. Rostrum 
extending to the middle coxae; tip black. Antennae slender, a little 
shorter than the body ; first joint stout, a little shorter than the head ; 
second about half as long as the first, piceous at the tip ; third and 
fourth piceous; third a little more than half as long as the second; 
fourth shorter than the third. Prothorax with five paler stripes, the middle 
one more slender than the other four, which are abbreviated and include on 
each side an abbreviated piceous stripe. Scutellum with a paler stripe. 
Disk of the pectus and abdomen beneath towards the base blackish. Legs 
slender; hind femora piceous beneath. Membrane brownish, with several 
pale cinereous dots. Length of the body 2^ lines. 
a. New Zealand. Presented by Dr. Sinclair. 
Country unknown. 
310. Capsus marginicollis. 
Fcem. Niger, fusiformis, opacus ; caput parvum ; antennce graciles ; 
prothorax anlice et utrinque ochraceus, sulco transverso bene deter- 
minato ; propectoris latera ochracea ; membrana nigricans. 
Female. Black, fusiform, dull. Head small, short-triangular. 
Fves slightly prominent. Antennae slender; first joint a little longer than 
the head; second a little more than twice as longTas the first. Iro- 
thorax ochraceous on each side and towards the fore border, near which 
there is a well-defined transverse furrow. Prothorax ochraceous along 
each side. Legs slender. Membrane blackish. Length of the body 
3 lines. 
