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11 . Body clothed with rather longer silky hairs; third 
and fourth segments of the antenna somewhat 
more slender than the first and second; anterior 
margin of the pronotum very slightly sinuate or 
nearly straight in the middle, produced at the 
lateral angles. This is the species which in Ameri¬ 
can collections is known as C. hirundinis, the 
latter being an old world form. It is found in 
swallow's nests. O. vicarius. .. Oeciacus Slal 
kk. Beak long, reaching to the posterior coxas; scutellum 
rounded at the apex; lateral margins of the elytra 
strongly reflexed, apical margin slightly sinuate 
tow'ard the middle; intermediate and posterior 
coxae sub-contiguous. This species infests poultry 
in southwest United States and in Mexico. H. 
inodorus.Haematosiphon Champ. 
160. Pselliopsis (Milyas) 
cinctus. (x 2 ). After 
C. V. Riley. 
jj. Ocelli present, if rarely absent in the female, then the 
tarsus has two segments; or if with three tarsal seg¬ 
ments, the wing membrane with one or two cells, 
k. Beak four-segmented, or with tw'o-segmented tarsi. 
. .Isometopid^e, Microphysid.e and some Capsids. 
kk. Beak three-segmented. 
I . Hemelytra with embolium; head horizontal, more 
or less conical; membrane with one to four veins, 
rarely W'anting.ANTHOCORIDjE 
Several species of this family affecting man have 
been noted, Anthocoris kingi and congolense, 
from Africa and Lyctocoris campestris from 
various parts of the world. Lyctocoris fitchii 
Reuter (fig. 19 j), later considered by Reuter as 
a variety of L. campestris, occurs in the United 
States. 
II . Hemelytra wdthout embolium. Superfamily Acan- 
thioidea ( = Sald^e Fieber and Leptopod.e 
Fieber) 
