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of the whole body, and broader than the basal part of the pronotum; 
vertex v triangularly rounded, front depressed, vertical, clypeus small, 
narrow, slightly protruding in front, blunt at tip, transversely wrinkled 
and shining. Eyes extremely large, twice as long as broad, reniform, 
somewhat coarsely facetted. A remarkable feature is, that the eyes reach 
down to the lateral margins of the pronotum beyond the middle. An- 
tennae four-jointed and inserted in front of the eyes near the inner side; 
first two joints cylindrical, very slightly thinner towards the base, the 
others slender, beset with fine, long bristles. Rostrum three-jointed, 
quite robust, and a little curved. Pronotum twice as broad as long, 
moderately convex; lateral margins behind the eyes short; anterior 
margin between the eyes faintly depressed, with a transverse grooved 
line behind it, giving that part of pronotum a neck -like appearance; 
before the disk of the pronotum two smooth indentations; posterior 
A B 
FIG. 21. Glyptocombus saltator, A; Hypselosoma oculala, B. (B, cooied from Reuter.) 
margin slightly decurved. Scutellum broad, triangular, a deep impres' 
sion near the base, the tip a little tumid. Hemelytra high and very 
convex, bending around the sides of abdomen and slightly surpassing 
the same; lateral margins of the elytra gently rounding from the base 
to behind the middle, then "strongly curving to the apex. Veins and 
cross-veins very distinctly visible, a little raised, forming some cells. 
The inner margin of the elytra runs from the scutellum to the apex of 
the body and has the membrane subparallel, narrow, a little widening 
behind, where it is coriaceous like the elytra. The anterior cavity for 
the insertion of the front legs is very prominent and tumidly formed. 
Legs comparatively long; front femora not shorter than the tibiae, the 
