14 SCUTATINA. 



much rounded. Scutellum convex, as long as the abdomen and 

 nearly as broad, the sides parallel, the end broadly rounded. >S^;'er- 

 iium with a deep rostral channel : Frosternum in front divided and 

 produced on each side of the rostrum into a rounded, recurved 

 plate, which projects beyond the head, forming a channel for tlie 

 antennae when at rest. Legs short, strong; t'lbim angulated, the 

 upper margins dentate ; tarsi trimerous. 



Abdomen. — Connexivum broad, rounded. Genital segments: in the $ 

 the single segment, beneath, is oblique and somewhat concave ; in the $ 

 the segments are like those in the genus Acmithosoma, i. e., the first and 

 second, long and transverse, lie above each other ; the third is narrow in 

 the middle, wide at the sides, with the posterior margin slightly notched, 

 thence gradually diverging on each side to the posterior angle which is 

 obtuse. Gen. 1, Eurygaster. 



Family 5.— ^LIIDtE. 



Head elongate, curved. Rostrum long, thin ; rostral channel deep, 

 wide in front, sides much produced. Antennce slender ; tubercle 

 small, pointing obliquely inwards. Eyes small, but prominent. Pro- 

 notmn hexangular ; hinder sides short, much rounded. Corium with 

 the posterior margin rounded. Sternum with a rostral cliannel : 

 Frosternum divided in the centre, the anterior margin of each half 

 produced into a thin plate, projecting beyond the base of the head, 

 forming a channel for the antenna) when at rest. Tihice outwardly 

 flattened ; tarsi trimerous. 



Abdomen. — Connexivum narrow. Genital segments : in the $ almost 

 vertical, in tlie centre convex, sides concave, posterior margin deeply or 

 slightly notched ; in the ? the first segment wide but short, convex ; 

 the posterior margins sinuate on each side ; the second segment appears 

 as two widely parted, long, narrow, obtuse lobes, reaching to the end of 

 the abdomen; the third segment forms on each side of tlie second, a sub- 

 triangular, convex plate. Gen. 1, AElia ; 2, Jillodes. 



Family 0.— PODOPID/E. 



Head small, subquadrangular. Rostrum long, slender; rostral 

 channel with the sides produced. Antennce short, the outer side of 

 the tubercle produced into a short, obtuse S])ine. Eyes large, very 

 prominent. Pronotwn hexagonal, at the anterior angles a large pro- 

 cess, hinder angles dentate. Scuiellmn nearly as long as the abdo- 



