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CATALOGUE OF 



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Prothorax slightly straightened in the middle. Tip 



of tbe scutellum attenuated into a rather long 



spine. Leys a little apart; femora slightly 



incrassated, spinulose beneath ; fore tibiae with 



no spongy furrow; hind tibia? somewhat longer 



than the femora. .... Voconia. 



Antennae seated near the eyes, thrice or four times 



more remote from the tip of the head than from 



the eyes. - - . Lam us. 



Head somewhat tumid behind the eyes. Prothorax 



forming two little lobes at the basal angles of 



the scutellum. - Epirodera. 



Ocelli much less apart than the eyes. Head thick, 



cylindrical. First joint of the rostrum as long as 



the third and fourth together. Antennas seated 



near the lip of the head. - - - Tiarodes. 



Head produced and somewhat cone-like before the 



eyes. Antennas seated behind the middle of 



the ante-ocular part of the head. 

 Process of the presternum broad, flat. Hind legs 



very remote, seated near the sides of the body ; 



all the femora incrassated, spinulose beneath. Durganda. 



Process of the prosternuin convex. Hind legs very 



remote, seated near the sides of the body. - Opinus. 



Process of the presternum furrowed. Hind legs 



moderately far apart, somewhat remote from 



the sides of the body. 

 Hind femora and hind tibia? neatly equally long, 



or the tibiae a little shorter than the femora. - Sminthus. 



Hind tibiae distinctly longer than the hind 



femora. - Lenceus. 



Head most often somewhat deflexed. Antenni- 



ferous tubercles not prominent beyond the sides 



of the bead. Antennas seated on the upper 



part of the head, sometimes on the sides. 

 Fore tibiae with a spongy apical furrow. 

 Head abruptly deflexed before the large eyes. 



Anlenniferous tubercles freely prominent. 

 Antenniferous tubercles with an apical little spine. 



Second joint of the rostrum four times longer 



than the third. Process of the pro>temum 



narrowly extending a little behind the fore 



coxa>. ..... Sph^ridops. 



Antenniferous tubercles unarmed. Second joint 



of the rostrum hardly longer than the third. 



First joint of the antennae just longer than the 



head ; second hardly twice longer than the first. 



Prosternuin excavated, very obtusely rounded 



behind. - Veseris. 



Head somewhat extended before the eyes. 

 Head with the eyes nearly equally as broad as 



long. 



