Order RHYNCHOTA. 



Suborder HETEROPTERA. 



Family ANTHOCORIDiE. 



This family comprises a number of small insects, and is allied to 

 the Capsidge, from which it may be at once separated by the 

 structure of the hemelytra, which contain an embolium. 



Very little is still known as regards the species of British 

 India. Dr. Eeuter, who published a monograph of the family 

 in 1884, included only two species from our fauna with which he 

 was acquainted, though he referred to two others described by 

 Motschulsky and three by Fieber, which he had not seen. Of 

 these latter five little-understood species, four are now figured in 

 the following pages. AValker described three species : of these 

 one belongs to the family Lygseidse, and the other two represent 

 one species. 



In framing the synopsis of the following genera I have adhered 

 to Eeuter's classification in subfamilies ; if I have not followed his 

 other divisional characters, it is for the reason that my available 

 material is insufficient either in quantity or condition to discriminate 

 the smaller characters on which he relies. Besides which, this 

 series of volumes is intended for the use of Indian naturalists 

 rather than to serve the purposes of a universal monograph. 



Sy7io2^sis of Subfamilies. 



A. Eostrum three- jointed ; tarsi with two or three 



joints Anthocorince. 



B. Eostrum four-jointed ; tarsi with two joints . . Microphysina;. 



Subfamily I. ANTHOCOEIN^. 



Anthocorina, Rent. Act. Soc. Set. Fenii. xiv, pp. 557, 558 (1885). 



For the discrimination of this subfamily I rely chiefly on 

 Eeuter's first-mentioned character, viz. the three-jointed rostrum. 

 As regards the tarsi, I recognize both those with two and three 

 joints, and not only those with three joints as restricted in his 

 diagnosis by Eeuter. 



YOL. III. B 



