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HEMIPTERA-IIETEROPTERA 



suggested hj Bergrotli,^ that the anterior pair have heeu 

 detached hj some accident. 



Fam. 10. Henicocephalidae. — JHcad suwllen behind the 

 eyes so <(s to form a sort of (fohr, on. the anterior 'part of 

 which tlie oerlH are iilaeed. Hostrum extremely short. Elytra, 

 rather large, of one consistence throughout ; conspicuously veined. — 

 There is only one genus ; it is very widely distributed, about a 

 dozen species being known ; one of these occurs in the south of 

 Europe. These curious little bugs appear to be most nearly 

 allied to the Eeduviidae. According to Westwood and others 

 they are somewhat gregarious ; a Tasmanian species dances in 

 the air after the fashion of midges or May-tlies, and dispenses an 

 agreeable, musk-like odour. 



Fam. 11. Phymatidae. — Front legs of peculiar structure, short 

 and stout, v:ith long coxae, short thick femora, and tilnae curvate, 

 pointed ; frequently without tarsi. — The Insects of this family are 



Fig. 267. — Carcinocoris hinghami (Phymatidae). Burma. 



believed to be predaceous, the structure of the legs being such as 

 is called raptorial, and one species, Fhymata erosa, being known 

 to capture and suck honey-bees in North America. There are 

 only about seventy species of Phymatidae known. We have 



1 TFien. ent. Zcit. xi. 1892, p. 169. 



