HEMIPTERA HETEROITERA. 



87 



with one claw. Posterior legs moderately loug. 

 Hind femora not or hardly extending beyond the 

 tip of the abdomen. 



* First and second joints of the rostrum equal in 



length; third hardly shorter than the first and 

 second together. Prothorax hardly twice longer 

 than the head, extending over the mesothorax, 

 very slightly straightened before the elongated 

 part; sides of the fore lobe parallel; hind lobe a 

 little broader than the fore lobe. Fore coxa? 

 shorter by about one-fourth than the prothorax. 

 Fore wings entire, extending beyond the middle 

 of the abdomen. - 



** Wingless. Prothorax longer by half than the head, 

 as long as the mesothorax and the metathorax 

 together, exteuding a little over the tip of the 

 mesothorax, narrowed hindward, very slightly 

 straightened near the hind border. Mesothorax 

 and metathorax nearly equally long. 

 f Head with a little tooth near the tip. First and 

 second joints of the rostrum equally long, shorter 

 together than the third. Fore coxa? a little longer 

 than the prothorax. - 



-ff Head with two spines near the tip. First joint of the 

 rostrum rather thick, slightly compressed, much 

 longer than the second ; second shorter than the 

 third. Fore coxa? hardly as long as the pro- 

 thorax. - 



B. Fore femora spinulose beneath ; no long spine or one 

 quite at the base. Fore tibiae and fore tarsi 

 together as long as or hardly longer than the fore 

 femora. 



a. Winged. Prothorax covering the mesothorax. 



* Fore femora twice longer than the fore tibiae. Fore 



tarsi a little longer than the fore tibiae. - 

 ** Fore femora longer by half than the fore tibiae. Fore 

 tarsi shorter than the fore tibiae. 



b. Windless. Prothorax covering the tip of the meso- 



thorax. - 



Barce. 



Carambis. 



Barqylia. 



Orthunga. 



Tinna. 



Cerascopcs. 



Fam. 1. HOLOPTILIDjE. 

 Serv. Hist. Hem. xlii. 318. Holoptilida, Stal, Hem. Afr. iii. 44. 



Genusl. MAOTYS. 

 Ptilocerus, Gray, Zool. Misc. 1831, 34— Maotys, Serv. Hist. Hem. 318. 



1. Maotys fuscus. 



Ptilocerus fuscus, Gray, Zool. Misc. 1831, 34 — Maotys fuscus, Serv. Hist. 

 Hem.3\9, pi. 6, f. 4. H.-Sch. Wanz. Ins. ix. 133, pi. 207, f. 946. 



