76 HEMIPTERA. 



TABLE OF GENERA. 



I. Scutellum very long and broad, reach- 

 ing nearly to the apex of the ab- 

 domen. (STIRETRIDES, A. fy S.) 



A. Abdomen unarmed at the base. ... 1. DISCOCERA. 



B. Abdomen with a spine at the base. 



a. Anterior tibiae simple 2. STIRETROSOMA. 



b. Anterior tibiae dilated 3. STIRETRUS. 



II. Scutellum more or less triangular, 



not reaching much beyond the base 

 of the membrane of the elytra. 



(ASOPIDES, A. fy S.) 



A. Anterior thighs with a spine be- 

 neath near the apex. 



a. Posterior and intermediate thighs 



spined beneath near the apex . . 4. CAZIRA. 



b. Posterior and intermediate thighs 

 unarmed. 



1. Lateral angles of the thorax 

 unarmed. 



a. Abdomen with a spine at 



the base 5. OPLOMUS. 



/3. Abdomen unarmed 6. JALLA. 



2. Lateral angles of the thorax 

 more or less spinose. 



a. Abdomen with a distinct, 

 simple spine at the base. 



* Ventral spine very long, 



reaching the anterior coxae 8. MACRORHAPHIS. 

 t Ventral spine shorter, not 

 passing the intermediate 

 coxae. 



a. Antero-lateral margins 



of the thorax smooth . . 7. PLATYNOPUS. 



b. Antero-lateral margins 



of the thorax denticu- , 



lated or crenulated. ... 9. CANTHECONA. 

 /3. Abdomen either unarmed, 



or with a very short bifid 



spine at the base. 



* Abdomen with a short 

 bifid spine or notched ele- 

 vation at the base 10. GLYPSUS. 



f Abdomen unarmed ... 11. PICROMERUS. 



