538 REDUVJNA. 



Genus 2. PYGOLAMPIS, Germ. 

 Long, narrow, elliptic. 



Head horizontal, very long, behind the eyes cylindrical, the trans- 

 verse incision slight, with a fovea in its middle; the posterior 

 margin in the middle, with a deep, rounded incision, and on each 

 side several short, blunt spines ; anterior portion convex, narrower 

 than behind the eyes, widened a little in front by the very short 

 antenuiferous processes, central lobe projecting in front as a short 

 obtuse point. Antenna short, elbowed at the end of the 1st joint ; 

 1st joint stout, fusiform, as long as the head, beneath flat, on the 

 margins a row of short spinous hairs ; 2nd, 3rd, and 4th thin, fili- 

 form, 2nd curved, 3rd about \ the length of the 4th. Eyes small, 

 not prominent. Ocelli, small, approximate. Head beneath flat, the 

 side margins of the hinder portion with 2 short, 3-branched append- 

 ages, each branch ending with a hair ; anterior portion with the side 

 margins raised, and with a few, short, spinose hairs. Rostrum 

 reaching to the front of the prosternum ; 1st joint more than ^ the 

 length of the head, thickened to the end. 



Thorax. Pronotnm long-trapeziform, narrow, flat, constricted 

 before the middle; the hinder half transversely concave, sides 

 towards the hinder angles incrassated, prominent; hinder angles 

 rounded ; the central longitudinal furrow of the disk nearly obsolete 

 in front, on the hinder portion gradually widened to the posterior 

 margin, and with a slighter furrow on each side of it ; posterior 

 margin thick, slightly concave across the scutellum, then straight 

 but slightly oblique to the hinder angles. Scutellum small, apex 

 prominent. Elytra ; anterior margin straight ; Corium narrow, 

 prolonged on the anterior margin to a long point ; Membrane on the 

 inner margin of the corium with 1 large, irregularly 5-sided cell, 

 beyond it 2 long, parallel cells, with 1 nerve from the end of the 

 1st. Sternum; Prosternum in front, with a long, strong, horizontal 

 spine projecting forwards from the base of each coxa, between the 

 spines a deep angular furrow ; Mesosternum flat, the anterior margin 

 roundly projecting; Metasternum sub-trapeziform, anterior margin 

 roundly cut out on each side, projecting in the middle in a short 

 point; sides and posterior margin straight. Legs; cox& strong; 

 tliiglis; 1st pair thickest, fusiform, angulated beneath, beset with 

 several small points and hairs ; 2nd pair slightly longer than, but 



