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ee. Joint 1 of hind tarsi shorter than joint 3 ; color not as above. 

 /. Calli of pronotum vague or wanting; vertex with an impressed 

 median line, both it and upper part of face opaque, dis- 

 tinctly obliquely striate. VI. Creontiades, p. 731. 

 //. Calli usually conspicuous; vertex shining, rarely {Adelpho- 

 coris) with distinct sulcus or striae. 

 g. Dorsal surface distinctly pubescent, opaque or nearly so. 

 h. Body above and below clothed with sericeous or tomentose 

 pubescence; head slightly exserted, the eyes not in contact 

 with pronotal angles ; vertex with two small pale spots ad- 

 joining the inner border of eyes. VII. Polymerus, p. 733. 

 hh. Body clothed only with simple pubescence, not tomentose; 

 vertex without pale spots near eyes. 

 i. Head broad, not exserted, the large eyes in contact with 

 and overlapping the front angles of pronotum; hind mar- 

 gin of eyes sulcate and forming a curved line with base of 

 vertex; pronotum without black spots. 

 j. Head declivent; vertex convex; width of head across eyes 

 distinctly less than width of pronotum at base. 



VIII. DlCHROOSCYTUS, p. 741. 



jj. Head subvertical; vertex flat; width of head across eyes 

 almost as great as width of pronotum at base. 



IX. Bolteria, p. 743. 

 ii. Head narrower, more or less exserted, eyes convex behind 

 and well removed from pronotal angles ; pronotum usu- 

 ally with a vague black spot behind each callus. 

 k. Joint 4 of antennae equal in thickness to joint 2 at base; 

 sides of pronotum without carinae; collar of p>ronotum 

 very narrow, its width not greater than thickness of an- 

 tennal joint 4; color usually brown or fuscous, the mar- 

 gins of elytra paler. X. Adelphocoris, p. 744. 

 kk. Joint 4 of antennae distinctly thinner than joint 2 at base; 

 collar distinctly wider than thickness of joint 4; color a 

 nearly uniform pale greenish-yellow. 



XL Calocoris, p. 746. 

 gg. Dorsal surface glabrous, highly polished. 



/. Beak reaching to or beyond hind margin of middle coxae; 

 second joint of antennae almost glabrous; elytra not vit- 

 tate. XII. Horcias, p. 747. 



//. Beak shorter, but slightly surpassing front coxae; second 

 joint of antennae thickly clothed with black, bristle-like 

 hairs ; elytra with black and yellow stripes. 



XIII. Pgecilocapsus, p. 750. 



I. Neurocolpus Reuter, 1876, 69. 



Rather robust species of medium size having the head por- 

 rect, slightly exserted, as broad across eyes as long, its front 

 subvertical ; eyes large, prominent ; beak reaching hind coxse, 

 its basal joint reaching front ones ; pronotum subcampanulate, 



