]48 CATALOGUE OF 



narrower in front, slightly rounded on each side, with a well-defined trans- 

 verse furrow near the hind border. Legs tawny, long, slender; fore femora 

 slightly incrassated, spinulose beneath. Fore wings piceous, coriaceous, 

 extending to two-thirds of the length of the abdomen. Length of the body 

 4£ lines. 



a. North America. From Mr. Children's collection. 



Genus 38. ANISOCORIS. 



Mas. Corpus subfusiforme, vix convexum. Caput mediocre, pro- 

 thorace brevius. Oculi prominuli. Rostrum segmenlum ventrale Hum 

 attingens. Prothorax transversus; anlice anguslior; latera recta. Pedes 

 graciles. Corii vena; valtle determinate. 



Male. Body hardly convex, somewhat fusiform. Head moderately 

 large, shorter than the prothorax. Eyes prominent. Rostrum extending 

 to the third ventral segment. Antenna; slender, much more than half the 

 length of the body; first joint much shorter than the head; second more 

 than twice the length of the first; third almost as long as the second; 

 fourth as long as the third. Prothorax transverse, narrower in front; sides 

 straight. Legs slender, moderately long. Wings extending to the tip of 

 the abdomen. Corium of the fore wings with strongly-marked veins. 



1. Anisocobis punctifee. 



Mas. Flavus, nigra ptinctatus ; caput nigrum; ocxdi ritji ; prothorax 

 transverse subsulcutus, car inula lateribusque subrejlexis rujis ; pedes 

 nigri ; membrana cinerea. 



Male. Yellow. Head, rostrum and antenna? black. Eyes red. 

 Thorax, pectus, abdomen beneath and corium with numerous minute black 

 points. Prothorax with a slight transverse furrow near the fore bonier, 

 with slightly reflexed red sides and with a slight red keel. Legs black. 

 Membrane of the fore wings cinereous. Length of the body 3^ lines. 



a. Columbia. Presented by \V. W. Saunders, Esq. 



b. Venezuela. From Mr. Birschell's collection. 



Fam. 2. ANTHOCORIDyE, C. II. 587. 



Anthocoridac and Ceratocombida?, Fieb. Hem. 135, 142. Dougl. and Scott 

 (Anlbocorina) — Anthocorida, Stal, Hem. Afr. iii. 23. 



There is a transition from this family to the Nudiroslri, through the 

 Acanthid;i\ 



A. Fore wings with an cmbolium. AntHOOOEIIXS, 



a. Arcolet-hooks distinct. 



* Prothorax with a rim in front. 



\ Antenna; and tarsi stout. - - - 16. Pachytaksus. 



•j-f Antenna; and tarsi slender. 



\ Neck-ring not prominent. - - - 3. Tetbapiileps. 



XX Neck-ring prominent. 



§ Ilostruin long. - - 2. Temnostethus. 



