408 CllRATOCO.MIJlHii;. 



Family CERATOCOMBIDtE. 



Ceratocombidpe. Fieher. Eur. Hem. p. 2-j (1861) ; Revt. Act. Soc. 

 Sc. Fenn. xix, no. G, p. 8 (1891). 



Ocelli placed at the anterior margin of the eyes ; rostrum three- 

 jointed ; antenna four-jointed, two basal joints very short and 

 incrassate, first exceedingly short, second distinctly longer than 

 the first, the two apical joints long, slender, setiform, longly pilose ; 

 head, pronotum, sternum, and hemelytra Aariable in structure : 

 tarsi three-jointed. ." . 



A family comprising some very small or minute species found in 

 moss, dead leaves, and similar surroundings. 



Subfamily CERATOCOMBINtE. 



Ceratocombina. Iie2if. Act. Soc. Sc. Fcnn. xix, no. G, p. o (18(il). 



Renter has divided the Ceratocombidse into two subfamilies, 

 Ceratocombina' and Sclnzo}>iertna\ the first of which may be easily 

 distinguished, apart from other characters, by the long porrect 

 head, which in the Schizopterinoi is shorter, transverse, and strongly 

 deflected. 



Genus CRESCENTIUS, nov. 



Type, C. 2y''inci2Xiius, Dist. 



Distribiitmi. Burma. 



This genus is founded on a single specimen collected by 

 8ign. Tea in Burma. It was dra\^ n very carefulh^ under the 

 microscope by our artist, Mr. H. Knight, and the figure has been 

 critically examined and approved by myself. By an unfortunate 

 accident the minute specimen was destroyed under subsequent 

 examination, and the generic and specific characters are therefore 

 taken only from the figure, and are thus some\\hat superficial. 



Body elongate ; head long, porrect, with a distinct circular 

 indentation or foveation between tlie eyes, which are placed near 

 the anterior margin of the pronotum, lateral margins longly pilose ; 

 rostrum at least reaching the intermediate coxae ; antenna) with 

 the first and second joints minute, incrassate, second distinctly 

 longer than first, third and fourth longly pilose, third somewhat 

 thickened, with the apex a little incrassate and giving the 

 appearance of another joint ; hemelytra fully develo])ed, membrane 

 distinct, venation as portrayed on figure ; apical segment of 

 abdomen longly pilose ; anterior tibire longly pilose ; intermediate 

 and posterior legs absent in the specimen figured. 



