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abdominal segment ; first joint reaching to the apex of the xyphus 

 of the prosternum. Pronotum short-trapeziform, with a narrow 

 collar and two callosities in front. Scutellum triangular, equilateral ; 

 the anterior portion almost entirely concealed beneath the posterior 

 margin of the pronotum. Elytra longer than the abdomen ; Corium 

 convex. Gen. 1, DicJiroosyctus. 



FAMILY 19. HALTICOCORTD^E. 



Very short, widely oval posteriorly. Read long, pointed, vertical 

 in front ; viewed from the side, the crown, clypeus, and face, form a 

 continuous curve ; Crown, hinder margin with or without a keel 

 between the eyes ; Clypeus long, convex. Antennae thin, con- 

 siderably longer than the body ; second joint four times the length of 

 the first ; third and fourth filiform, together much longer than the 

 second. Eyes small, more or less prominent. Rostrum reaching to 

 the end of the metasternum ; first joint stout, reaching to the apex 

 of the xyphus of the prosternum. Pronotum in developed examples 

 trapeziform, with two flattish callosities in front ; in undeveloped 

 examples broad or narrow, the callosities almost obsolete, or occu- 

 pying at least half of the disk. Scutellum triangular, the anterior 

 portion concealed beneath the posterior margin of the pronotum. 

 Elytra sometimes without the clavus, and frequently with the cuneus 

 and membrane also wanting ; Corium very convex ; when developed, 

 a little less convex. Gen. 1, Halticocoris. 



FAMILY 20. STIPHROSOMID^E. 



Short, broad, ovate. Head triangular, vertical in front ; viewed 

 from above, very short ; Crown almost flat ; Clypeus convex. An- 

 tennae very short, scarcely half the length of the body ; second joint 

 three times as long as the first ; third and fourth filiform, together 

 as long as the second. Eyes small, prominent. Rostrum reaching to 

 the metasternum ; first joint stout, reaching to the end of the xyphus 

 of the prosternum. Pronotum short-trapeziform, with two flat cal- 

 losities in front, Scutellum triangular ; the anterior portion con- 

 cealed beneath the posterior margin of the pronotum. Elytra as 

 long as, or a little longer than, the abdomen ; Corium convex, anterior 

 margin reflexed next the base. Gen. 1, Stiplirosoma. 



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