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  OF 
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  NATIONAL. 
  MUSEUM 
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  67 
  

  

  cal 
  clasping 
  organs, 
  the 
  basal 
  pair 
  large, 
  emanating 
  from 
  lateral 
  margins 
  

   of 
  the 
  segment 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  hypopygium 
  proper 
  (fig. 
  12). 
  

  

  Ceratocombus 
  Signoret. 
  

   Fore 
  wing 
  with 
  a 
  distinct 
  fracture 
  about 
  middle 
  which 
  extends 
  midway 
  

   across 
  disk, 
  the 
  venation 
  as 
  in 
  figures 
  8-9 
  ; 
  second 
  segment 
  of 
  antenna 
  

   more 
  than 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  first 
  ; 
  apical 
  tergite 
  of 
  abdomen 
  in 
  female 
  

   not 
  noticeably 
  enlarged 
  ; 
  apical 
  sternite 
  in 
  same 
  sex 
  not 
  nearly 
  half 
  the 
  

   length 
  of 
  venter 
  ; 
  hypopygium 
  of 
  male 
  with 
  similar 
  claspers 
  but 
  apparently 
  

   only 
  on 
  one 
  (the 
  left) 
  side 
  in 
  the 
  single 
  specimen 
  examined 
  (fig. 
  14). 
  

  

  Cryptostemma 
  Herrich-Schaffer. 
  

  

  Genus 
  CERATOCOMBUS 
  Signoret 
  

  

  Ceratocombus 
  Signoret, 
  V, 
  Ann. 
  Soc. 
  Ent. 
  France, 
  ser. 
  2, 
  vol. 
  10, 
  1852, 
  

   p. 
  542, 
  pi 
  16, 
  fig 
  3 
  [Monobasic, 
  proposed 
  at 
  end 
  of 
  description 
  of 
  

   Astemma 
  mulsanti, 
  new 
  species, 
  pp. 
  541-2, 
  France] 
  This 
  species 
  is 
  a 
  

   synonym 
  of 
  Anthocoris 
  coleoptratus 
  Zetterstedt, 
  hence 
  that 
  species 
  is 
  the 
  

   genotype. 
  

  

  Lichenobia 
  v. 
  Baerenspeung, 
  Berlin 
  Ent. 
  Zeitschr., 
  vol. 
  1. 
  1857, 
  pp. 
  165- 
  

   167 
  [Monobasic, 
  L. 
  ferruginea, 
  new 
  species, 
  genotype, 
  Germany]. 
  The 
  

   genotype 
  is 
  synonymous 
  with 
  Ceratocombus 
  coleoptratus 
  genotype 
  of 
  

   that 
  genus, 
  hence 
  the 
  name 
  is 
  an 
  exact 
  synonym 
  of 
  Ceratocombus. 
  

  

  Renter 
  (Monograph, 
  1891) 
  divides 
  the 
  genus 
  Ceratocombus 
  into 
  

   four 
  subgenera, 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  Leptonannus, 
  new 
  subgenus, 
  p. 
  5 
  [Monobasic, 
  type 
  species 
  C. 
  (L.) 
  

   Znguttulus, 
  new 
  species, 
  Africa, 
  p. 
  5, 
  fig. 
  1]. 
  

  

  Trichotonannus, 
  new 
  subgenus, 
  pp. 
  5-6 
  [Monobasic, 
  type 
  species 
  

   O. 
  (T.) 
  setulosus, 
  new 
  species, 
  Nangkovri, 
  pp. 
  5-6, 
  fig. 
  2]. 
  

  

  Ceratocombus 
  (Signoret), 
  p. 
  6, 
  type 
  species 
  as 
  in 
  generic 
  reference. 
  

  

  Xylonannus, 
  new 
  subgenus 
  p. 
  8, 
  [included 
  species, 
  two: 
  C. 
  (X.) 
  

   corticalis 
  Eeuter, 
  Finland, 
  pp. 
  8-9, 
  fig. 
  5, 
  and 
  C. 
  (X.) 
  boliviensis, 
  

   Bolivia, 
  p. 
  9, 
  of 
  which 
  the 
  former 
  was 
  designated 
  as 
  type 
  by 
  Oshanin 
  

   in 
  1912]. 
  

  

  Poppius 
  has 
  added 
  ('15, 
  p. 
  77) 
  the 
  subgenus 
  Tagalonannus, 
  type 
  

   species 
  C. 
  (T.) 
  coloratus, 
  new 
  species 
  [Philippines]. 
  

  

  Three 
  subgenera 
  are 
  represented 
  in 
  the 
  American 
  material 
  before 
  

   us, 
  and 
  we 
  identify 
  them 
  as 
  Ceratocombus, 
  Leptonannus, 
  and 
  

   Xylonannus. 
  We 
  have 
  seen 
  both 
  of 
  the 
  species, 
  namely, 
  coleoptratus 
  

   Zetterstedt 
  and 
  brasiliensis 
  Reuter, 
  that 
  Reuter 
  included 
  in 
  the 
  

   typical 
  subgenus. 
  C. 
  latlpennis 
  Uhler 
  and 
  C. 
  minutus 
  Uhler 
  have 
  

   the 
  same 
  venation 
  of 
  the 
  forewings 
  as 
  figured 
  by 
  Reuter 
  for 
  the 
  

   tyP 
  e 
  species 
  of 
  Leptonannus 
  and 
  belong 
  here, 
  we 
  believe, 
  although 
  

   the 
  hind 
  wings 
  are 
  bilobate 
  instead 
  of 
  trilobate 
  as 
  described 
  and 
  

   figured 
  for 
  the 
  subgenotype. 
  Xylonannus 
  has 
  a 
  good 
  venational 
  

   distinction 
  and 
  we 
  assign 
  to 
  this 
  subgenus 
  four 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  in 
  our 
  

   material. 
  No 
  representatives 
  of 
  the 
  other 
  subgenera 
  have 
  been 
  

   examined. 
  We 
  do 
  not 
  overlook 
  Reuter's 
  proposal 
  3 
  that 
  Leptonannus 
  

   be 
  given 
  full 
  generic 
  rank, 
  but 
  we 
  do 
  not 
  accept 
  it. 
  

  

  3 
  Hemipterologische 
  Miscellen, 
  6fv. 
  Finska 
  Vet.-Soc. 
  Forh., 
  vol. 
  54, 
  p. 
  65, 
  1912. 
  

  

  