180 TKANSACTIONS OF THE [1892 



Sub-Fam. HENICOCEPHALINA, Stal. 



Hymenodectes. New genus. 



Form suggestive of a long, narrow Anthocoris ; much 

 narrower than in Enioocephalus Westwood, to which it is 

 nearly related. The suborbate posterior lobe of the head 

 a little longer than the lobe carrying the eyes, constricted 

 abruptly both before and behind, a little narrower than 

 the width across the eyes. Antennae normal, the apical 

 joint a little shorter and thicker than the preceding one. 

 Rostrtim not extending to the base of the throat, very 

 stout, acute at tip ; the apical joint very short and slender, 

 much shorter than the stout basal one; the middle joint as 

 long as both the others united, almost as stout as the basal 

 one. Pronotum longer than wide ; the middle lobe longest, 

 suborbicular, a little wider than long, indented anteriorly, 

 separated from the other lobes by a constriction; posterior 

 lobe shorter and wider than the middle one, somewhat 

 flattened on the middle, widely sinuated behind (not 

 emarginated), exposing the base of the transversely convex, 

 and at apex acuminate, short scutellum. Wing-covers 

 narrow, membranous throughout ; the costal areole narrow, 

 long, acute, reaching two-thirds way to the tip, where it 

 terminates in subcoriaceous pterostigma; a short marginal 

 cell follows this, the bounding vein of which carves out- 

 ward to the subcostal margin ; next beyond this is a large 

 open triangular cell which forms the apex; next to this 

 follows a nearly parallel-sided long space, which is not cut 

 by a transverse vein, but extends back to the apex ; the 

 inner marginal division is composed of two long cells, the 

 apical one of which is the shorter, and subelliptical with an 

 acute tip. The legs and abdomen are normal, as in Heni- 

 cocephalus Stal. The characters from the wings cannot be 

 drawn from the specimens at my command. 



