HEMIPTERA HETEROPTERA. 



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ff Middle tibise almost straight, perceptibly 



thickened towards the tips; apical part 



abruptly incurved and tapering. Eyes 



distinctly more remote in front than behind, 



their interior borders distinctly converging 



hind ward. Ocelli almost twice more remote 



hindward than the eyes. Fore femora and 



fore coxa; together equal in length to the 



hind femora and hind coxae, and as long also 



as the fore tibiae. - Callibdallus. 



** Antenna? rather thick, somewhat short; third 



and fourth joints slightly thickened, a little 



longer than the first joint. Ocelli less remote 



than the eyes. Hind lobe of the prothorax 



twice longer than the fore lobe; hind angles 



somewhat elongated hindward. Sculellum 



slightly transverse, rounded at the tip. 



Anterior tibiae somewhat thickened ; fore 



tibia; straight; middle tibiae slightly curved. 



Body very long. - Sphodrolestes. 



Subfam.5. STENOPODIDA. 



A. Fore wings seldom shortened, most often com- 

 plete, and the discal ateolet of moderate 



size, pentagonal or hexagonal. 

 a. Head with branched or forked spines on each 



side beneath behind the eyes. 

 * First joint of the antennae thick, lengthened into 



a spine beyond the insertion of the second. 



Fore femora with long spines beneath on 



each side. Fore tibiae with some long 



spines beneath on the inner side or on both 



sides. - Pnirontis. 



** First joint of the antennae not thus lengthened ' 



into a spine, 

 f Prothorax more than twice longer than its 



breadth at the base. Parietes of the fore 



acetabula not elevated behind the insertion 



of the coxae. Fore coxae insetted in the 



apical part of the prostethium, very remote 



from its base. - Harpagochares. 



ff Prothorax not or hardly twice longer than its 



breadth at the base. Parietes of the fore 



acetabula distinctly elevated and extending 



to the base of the prostethium. 

 X Tip of the head unarmed on each side at the 



base of the rostrum. First joint of the 



rostrum extending behind the eyes, almost 



twice longer than the third and fourth joints 



together. Fore femora unarmed, slightly 



thickened.- .... Pygolampis. 



