HEMIPTERA HETEROPTEEA. 



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with one claw. Posterior legs moderately long. 

 Hind femora not or hardly extending beyond the 

 tip of the abdomen. 



* First and second joints of the rostrum equal in 



length; third hardly shorter than the first and 



second together. Prothorax hardly twice longer 



than the head, extending over the mesothorax, 



very slightly straightened before the elongated 



part; sides of the fore lobe parallel; hind lobe a 



little broader than the fore lobe. Fore coxae 



shorter by about one-fourth than the prothorax. 



Fore wings entire, extending beyond the middle 



of the abdomen. .... Barce. 



** Wingless. Prothorax longer by half than the head, 



as long as the mesothorax and the metathorax 



together, extending a little over the tip of the 



mesothorax, narrowed hindward, very slightly 



straightened near the hind border. Mesothorax 



and metathorax nearly equally long. 

 f Head with a little tooth near the tip. First and 



second joints of the rostrum equally long, shorter 



together than the third. Fore coxae a little longer 



than the prothorax. » 

 -ft Head with two spines near the tip. First joint of the 



rostrum rather thick, slightly compressed, much 



longer than the second ; second shorter than the 



third. Fore coxa? hardly as long as the pro- 

 thorax. - 

 B. Fore femora spin ulose beneath ; no long spine or one 



quite at the base. Fore tibia? and fore tarsi 



together as long as or hardly longer than the fore 



femora. 



a. Winged. Prothorax covering the mesothorax. 



* Fore femora twice longer than the fore tibiae. Fore 



tarsi a little longer than the fore tibia?. - - Orthunga. 



** Fore femora longer by half than the lore tibia?. Fore 



tarsi shorter than the fore tibia?. - - Tinna. 



b. Wingless. Prothorax covering the tip of the meso- 



thorax. - Cekascopus. 



Carambis. 



Barqylia. 



Fam. 1. HOLOPTILIDjE. 

 Serv. Hist. Hem. xlii. 318. Holoptilida, Stal, Hem. Afr. iii. 44. 



Genus 1. MAOTYS. 

 Ptilocerus, Gray, Zool. Misc. 1831, 31— Maotys, Serv. Hist. Hem. 318. 



I. Maotys fuscus. 

 Ptilocerus fuscus, Gray, Zool. Misc. 1831, 34 — Maotys fuscus, Serv. Hist. 

 Hem. 319, pi. 6, f. 4. H.-Sch. Wanz. Ins. is. 133, pi. 207, f. 946. 



