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First joint of the rostrum just longer than the 



third and fourth together. - Anytus. 



First joint of the rostrum shorter than or hardly 



as long as ihe third and fourth together. 

 Claws hardly with appendages at the base. - Amphibolus. 



Claws distinctly toothed or with appendages at 



the base. 

 Fore femora spiny. ... - Vatiniub. 



Fore femora unarmed. 

 Body somewhat depressed. Eyes seated about 



the middle of the head. ... Havinthus. 



Body not depressed. 



First joint of the rostrum longer than the ante- 

 ocular part of the head ; second joint twice 



longer than the first. Body elongated. - Pisilus. 



Body oblong, rarely elongated. First joint of 



the rostrum not shorter than the ante-ocular 



part of the head. - Reduvius. 



First and third joints of the rostrum very 



short ; second very long, six times and 



more the length of the first. 

 Body oblong. 



Exterior area of the corium reticulated. - Phonolibes. 



Exterior area of the corium not reticulated. 

 Head longer than the prolhorax. Eyes seated 



behind the middle of the head. - - Lophocephala. 



Head shorter than the prothorax. Eyes seated 



in the middle of the head. - Tegea. 



Body much elongated. 



Body winged. - Lopodytes. 



Body wingless. - Rhapidosoma. 



The American Reduviidae, with no fore lateral tubercles on the meso- 

 stethium are distributed in the following groups by Prof. Sial. — 



A. Prothorax neither gibbous nor lengthened hind- 

 ward over the scutellum. 

 a. Prothorax with no acute small tubercles. 

 * Scutellum dilated at the tip, or foliaceous, or 



narrowly elongated. 

 f Scutellum narrowly lengthened at the tip ; this 



part slightly depressed, not foliaceous. 



Antenna? rather short; first joint somewhat 



thickened, tapering towards the tip. First 



joint of the rostrum extending to the middle 



of the eyes. Hind lobe of the prothorax 



about twice broader than the fore lobe. 



Legs moderate; fore femora thickened. - Apeepolestes. 



ff Scutellum at the tip dilated, foliaceous, reflexed 



or concave. Body rather long. 

 | Membrane extending for more than half its 



length beyond the abdomen. Post-ocular 



