HEMIPTERA HETEROPTEEA. 



1G9 



2. Ambracics phaleratus. 

 phaleratus, Slal, Rio Jan. Hem. 59. 

 Rio Janeiro. 



Genus 25. HENICOCNEMIS. 

 Henicocnemis, Stal, Rio Jan. Hem, 53. 



1. Henicocnemis ai.bitarsis. 

 albitarsis, Stal, Stett. Ent. Zeit. xiii. 320. 

 Mexico. 



2. Henicocnemis patellata. 

 patellata, Stal, Rio Jan. Hem. 53. 



Rio Janeiro. 



The following genus is staled to belong to this family. 



Genus CALLIPREPES. 



Calliprepes, White, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. iii. 93. 



Calliprepes Grayii. 

 Grayii, White, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. iii. 94. 

 Nepaul. 



DUCTIROSTRA. 



1. Spissipedes. 



A. Fore legs raptorial ; femora very thick. 



B. Fore legs not raptorial. 



a. Body geuerally with membranaceous appendages. 



Fore wings usually longer and broader than the 



abdomen, with reticulated veins. - - 2. Membranacea. 



b. Body flat. Fore wings generally shorter and 



narrower than the abdomen, with irregular 

 veins. ------ 



c. Groove for the rostrum extremely slight. Fourth 



joint of the antennae setiform. - 



3. Corticola. 



4. Lecticola. 



The Lecticola are more allied to the Nudirostra than to the Ducti- 

 rostra, and have much affinity to the Anthocoridae and Microphysidaj. 

 The Ripicola are associated in this arrangement with the Remipeda. 



1. SPISSIPEDES. 



A. Head elongated and bifid between the antennae. 



Scutellum very short. - 1. Phymatidje. 



B. Head not elongated. Scutellum long. - 2. Macrocephalid^. 



