198 REDUVIID.T. 



Subfamily I. HOLOPTILIN.^. 



Holoptilina, Stdl, En. Hem. iv, p. 3 (1874). 



Ocelli present ; hemelytra complete ; membraue very large, 

 extending far beyond the abdominal apex ; antenna; and legs 

 longly setose or pilose; abdomen short, rounded on each side; 

 legs unarmed ; anterior femora not incrassated. 



A small subfamily at present containing about eight genera, 

 none of which occur in the Xearctic or Neotropical Regions ; 

 three are peculiar to Australia, and two are found in this fauna. 



Synopsis of Genera. 



A. Exterior area of membrane witli several 



posterior transverse veins ; head transverse, 

 posteriorly not or obsoletely tuberculous ; 

 antennae and legs denselj^ setose Ptiloceiius, p. 198. 



B. Exterior area of membrane without or with 



very obsolete transverse veins ; head not 

 transverse, posteriorly distinctly tuberculous ; 

 antennae and legs less distinctly setose .... Holoptilus, p. 199. 



Genus PTILOCERUS. 



Ptilocerus, Graij, Zool. Misc. p. 34 (1831) ; Stal, En. Hem. iv, p. o 



(1874). 

 Holoptilus, subg. Ptilocuemus, Westw. Tr. E. S. ii, p. 252 (1840). 

 Maotys, Amtj. Sf Sew. Hem. p. 318 (1843). 



Type, P. fiiscus. Gray. 



Distribution. Oriental Region. 



Body ovate ; head broad, transverse, not posteriorly tuberculate ; 

 ocelli wide apart ; rostrum with the first joint very long ; antenuie 

 with the first joint very short, second very long and strongly and 

 longly setose, third very small, fourth nearly twice as long as 

 third ; hemelytra very much longer than the abdomen, coriaceous 

 portion very short, membranous portion very long, with several 

 short posterior transverse veins forming somewhat well-defined 

 cells ; legs strongly setose. 



994. Ptilocerus fusCUS, Gray, Zool. Misc. p. 34 (1831) ; Westir. 

 (Ptilocnemus), Tr. E. S. ii, p. 2o2, pi. xxii, f. 8 (1840) ; id. 

 Thesaur. Entom. p. 193, pi. xxxvi, f. 14 (1874). 



Palely fuscous-rufescent ; hemelytra pale at base, membrane 

 more rufescent ; second joint of antennae very long, third miiiute, 



