520 HEMIPTERA* 



Family 8. RHOPALID^B. 



Head more or less triangular. Antennae with the basal joint 

 shorter than the head, the apical joint thicker than the pre- 

 ceding. Nervures of the membrane of the elytra generally few. 



Rhopalides, p., Am. $ Serv. Hem. 243 (1843). 



TABLE OF GENERA. 



I. Posterior thighs spinous beneath. 



A. Second joint of the antennae much 



shorter than the third 2. ATRACTUS. 



B. Second and third joints of the an- 

 tennae about equal in length. 



a. Breast furrowed longitudinally for 

 the reception of the rostrum ; ros- 

 trum reaching or passing the inter- 

 mediate coxae, with its third joint as 



long as, or longer than, the fourth. . 1. HARMOSTES. 



b. Breast not furrowed; rostrum not 

 reaching the intermediate coxae, with 



its third joint very short 3. CERALEPTUS. 



II. Posterior thighs unarmed. 



A. Eyes not projecting beyond the an- 

 terior angles of the thorax 4. MARCUS. 



B. Eyes projecting beyond the anterior 

 angles of the thorax. 



a. Head inserted up to the eyes in the 



thorax 5. MACCEVETHUS. 



b. Head narrowed beyond the eyes 

 into a distinct neck ; eyes somewhat 

 pedunculated 6. RHOPALUS. 



Genus 1. HARMOSTES. 



Harmostes, Eurm. Handb. ii. 307 (1835) ; H. Sch. Wanz. ix. 243 



& 270 (1851). 



* Membrane whitish, without brown spots. 

 1, HARMOSTES virescens, n. s. 



H. virescens, punctatus; antennis fiilvis, articulo ultimo fus- 

 cescenti, 2 et 3 subaequalibus ; pedibus subfulvis, femoribus 

 posticis valde spinosis. ? . 

 Long. lin. 4. 



Pale yellowish green, thickly and rather finely punctured. 

 Head very minutely punctured, with the spines of the antenni- 



