208 LYG^lINA. 



Genus 13. HYPNOPHILUS.* 



Narrow ; the sides parallel. 



Head 6-sided ; Face long, triangular ; side lobes short, triangular, 

 acute. Antennae slender, of moderate length ; 1st joint rather the 

 stoutest, the apex reaches a little beyond the end of the face ; 2nd 

 and 3rd slightly clavate, 2nd twice as long as the 1st ; 3rd and 4th 

 each shorter than the 2nd, in length subequal ; 4th fusiform. Eyes 

 semi-globose prominent. Ocelli very small, distant. Rostrum thin, 

 reaching to the 2nd or 3rd pair of coxa3 ; 1st joint as long as the 

 head, 2nd longest. 



Thorax. Pronotum subquadrangular, at least as wide as the 

 head across the eyes ; anterior angles rounded ; sides nearly straight, 

 a little constricted at about f ths of the length ; side margins narrow ; 

 posterior angles rather prominent, slightly rounded ; posterior 

 margin concave ; disk anteriorly convex for about f ths of the length, 

 the rest flat, only a little thickened within the hinder angles. Scu- 

 tellum large, triangular, slightly convex. Elytra; Clavus and 

 Corium flat j Corium \ the length of the abdomen ; anterior margin 

 straight ; apex rounded ; Membrane rudimentary in English examples 

 (according to Fieber and Flor, it is sometimes developed, and has 4 

 nerves). Sternum; Metasternum in front prominent, with a sharp 

 keel ; xyphus short or pointed. Legs ; thighs fusiform ; 1st pair in- 

 crassated, flattened beneath on the apical , unarmed ; tibia, 1st 

 pair widened on the inner side to the apex ; tarsi ; 3rd joint on the 

 1st and 2nd pair as long as the 1st and 2nd together, on the 3rd pair 

 much longer. 



Abdomen very convex beneath ; Connexivum deep, almost 

 vertical. 



Species 1. HYPNOPHILUS MICROPTERUS. 



RHYPAROCHROMUS MICROPTERUS, Curt. B. E. xiii, 612, 2 (1836). 

 PACHYMERTJS HIRSUTULUS, Scholtz, Arb. u. Verand, 29 (1847). 



GRACILIS, Bohem. Vet. Akad. Forh. 54, 6 (1852). 



(PACHYMERTJS) HEMIPTERUS, Flor, Rliyn. Liv. i, 261, 18 



(1860). 

 MACRODEMA HIRSUTULA, Fieb. Europ. Hem. 180 & 388 (1861). 



* 'Virvoc, a moss, and <}>i\os, a lover. 



