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Thorax !sIiort, sciitellar fiiirows almost straight 



*Genus Ormocerus Walker. 



Collar scpaiated ; parapsides not convex ; petiole short 



*Genus Toxeuma Walker. 

 .Me>oscutar parapsiile.'; not plainly separated; antenna; with a long scape. 



Marginal and postmarginal veins long; r^ trophi abnormal 



*Genus Halticoptera Spinola. 



Marginal and >ul)niarginal veins not long; ,-f trophi normal 



•Genus Dicyclus Walker. 



Tribe CLEONYMIDES, 

 Kyes hairy; labrum conspicuous; mandibles rather weak: ring joints of the antcnn;e 

 ♦ large. 



Body metallic .... *Genus Cleonymus Laheillc. 



Hody scarcely metallic; abdomen sub-rotund ; antennae clavate 



*Genus Micradelus Walker. 

 Kyes smooth; labrum hidden; mandibles strong; the left 3- and the right 4-dentate. 

 Scutellar frenum with transverse impressions; head with rounded, convex cheeks... 



*Genus Trigonoderus Westwood. 

 N'ot so; head triangular, narrow anteriorly. 



Abdomen sessile *Genus Platygerrhus Thomson. 



Abdomen with a distinct petiole *Genus Photismus Thomson. 



Tribe COLOTRECHNIDES. 

 This tribe consists of the single genus '^Colotrechnus which is sufli- 

 ciently described in the Synopsis of Tribes for synoptical purposes. 



Tribe CHIROPACHIDES. 

 Posterior tibia; armed with two spurs; wings banded; marginal vein not thickened. 

 Anterior femora exci.so-dentate; posterior tibial spurs arcuate; wings with tun 



transverse bands Genus Chiropachys Westwood. 



Anterior femora simple; wings with but one band; stigmal club large, horizontal... 



*Genus Acrocormus I'oerster. 

 Posterior tibite with one spur. 

 Marginal veins of fore wings thickened. 



Anlennce with the ring-joints large, not transverse; anterior coxa; subcyiindrical; 



stigmal club obsolete *Genus Pandelus {'"oerster. 



Antennee with transverse ring-joints; cyaneous. 



Stigmal and postmarginal veins short *Genus Metacolus I'oerstei. 



Siigmal vein longer than marginal; 9 '^^'itb antcnnal club slylate at apex 



*Genus Raphitelus Walker. 

 .Marginal vein of fore-wings not thickened. 



Stigmal club very large; anterior border of pronotum sharp 



*Genus Dinotus I-oerster. 

 Stigmal club small or moderately so; anterior margin of pronotum rounded. . . . 



(Jenus Rhopalicus Foerster. 

 Tribe CARATOMIDES. 

 Consists of the single genus Caratomus Dalman, a very strange form 

 which can be readily recognized from the characters given in the tribal 

 .'synopsis. 



