LOPHOCEPHALA. 



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Division HARPACTORARIA. 



Body oblong or subelongate ; head as long as prouotum or very 

 little longer, anteocular and postocular areas almost subequal in 

 length ; scutellLim not lobate, nor abdominal segments lobately 

 dilated. 



Synopsis of Genera. 



A. First joint of antenuas as long as head. . Lophocephala, p. 331. 



B. First joint of antenute much longer than 



head, about as long as anterior femora. 



a. Posterior lobe of pronotum neither 



longitudinally impressed nor elevated Harpactor, p. 332. 



b. Posterior lobe of pronotum anteriorly 



longitudinally elevated Biasticus, p. 337. 



c. Posterior lobe of pronotum longitudi- 



nally impressed Sphedaxolestes, p. 339. 



Genus LOPHOCEPHALA. 



Lophocephala, Lap. Ess. Hem. p. I'l (1832); Am)/. ^- Serv. Hem. 

 p. 38o (1843) ; SW, Hem. Afr. iii, p. o4 (I860) ; ';V7. En. Hem. iv, 

 p. 14 (1874). 



Type, L. guerini, Lap. 



Dlstrihution. Oriental Region and ^ladagascar. 

 Head long, slender, a little longer than pronotum ; antennae 

 inserted about midway between eyes and apex of head, first joint 

 about as long as head and considerably passing its apex ; rostrum 

 slender, first joint short, second joint very long, about reaching 

 anterior coxae ; pronotum with the anterior lobe short, sculptured, 

 not centrally sulcated, posterior lobe with a longitudinal im- 

 pression on anterior disk, the 

 posterior angles a little poste- 

 y^ riorly produced ; scutellum sub- 



triangular, the apex a little 

 tuberculously pi'oduced ; legs 

 moderately slender. 



1225. Lophocephala guerini, Lew. 

 Ess. Hem. p. 12 (1832) ; Burm. 

 Handb. ii, p. 244 (183o) ; Amy. 

 S)- Serv. Hem. p. 386 (1843). 



Sanguineous ; antennae (ex - 

 eluding base), scutellum, inner 

 area of coriixm, membrane, body 

 beneath (excluding lateral mar- 

 gins), intermediate and posterior 

 femora (excluding apices), apices of tibiae, and the tarsi violaceous- 

 black ; body and antennae finely pilose, lateral margins of body and 

 legs longly pilose ; antennae with the basal joint a little long^- 

 than the second ; head thickly finely pilose and distinctly trans- 



Fig. 21 J. — Lojtliocephala cjuerini. 



