PELOGONID.E. 13 



Family PELOGONID^. 



Pelogonida, Stal, Hem. Afr. iii, p. 170 (1865), 

 IMonouycliida, Stal, torn. cit. p. 171. 

 Galgulidae, Stal, Eji. Hem. v, p. 137 (1876) *. 

 Pelegonidae, atite, vol. i, p. xxxvii. 



Body short and broad ;-head very broad, with prominent eyes ; 

 ocelli present ; posterior legs thin, and formed for running. 



Synopsis of Subfamilies. 



A. Body oval ; rostrum long and slender ; ante- 



rior legs normal Peloijonina;. 



B. Body broadly ovate ; rostrum short ; anterior 



legs raptorial Mononychince. 



Subfamily I. PELOGONIN^. 



Body oval ; head prominently depressed anteriorly ; eyes 

 reniform ; rosti'um long, slender, somewhat incrassate at base. 



Genus PELOGONUS. 



Ochtherus, Latr. Ge7i. Crust. Ins. iii, p. 142 (1807). 



Ochtheva, Beryr. Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1890, p. Ixvi t. 



Pelogonus, Latr, torn. cit. iv, p. 384 (1809) ; Burm. Handh. ii, 1, 

 p. 202 (1835) ; Fieb. Gen. Hydroc. p. 14, t. 1 c (1851) ; Herr.-Sch. 

 Wanz. Ins. ix, p. 23, t. 290, ff. A-F (1853) ; Stdl, Hem. Afr. iii, 

 p. 170 (1865) ; ChamjJ. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Rhyn. ii, p. 344 (1900). 



Type, P. marginatns, Latr. 



Distribution. Probably distributed in all the larger zoo- 

 geographical regions. 



Body moderately depressed ; head, including eyes, a little 

 narrower than the anterior margin of the prouotum and ante- 

 riorly truncately deflected ; rostrum reaching the posterior coxae ; 

 antennae short, four-jointed, inserted beneath the eyes ; pronotum 

 transverse, sexangular, the lateral margins laminately ampliated 

 and moderately rounded, its basal margin before scutellum con- 

 eaveiy sinuate ; scutellum broad, triangular : hemelytra totally 

 covering the abdomen ; legs moderate in length and slender. 



* The generic name Galgulus, on which this family name is constructed, is 

 preoccupied, and therefore Telogonus, being the oldest remaining genus, must 

 be used in the formation of ihe family name. 



t Dr. Bergroth, in seeking to revive the name Ochthera, states that Ochtherus 

 is only preoccupied ; whereas (cf. Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1890, p. csix) it has been 

 pointed out that the reverse is tlie case, Ochthera having been used for Diptera 

 (1802). Latreille himself very rightly sank the names to prevent confusion, and 

 the genus is properly known as Felogonus. 



