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Genus 5. PYGOLAMPIS. 



Pygolampis, Germ. Faun. Eur. 8. Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. 243. Serv. 

 Hist. Hem. 391. 



A. Head with a series of tubercles or obtuse minute spines 



on each side beneath before the eyes. 



a. Body above thickly silky. - sericca. 



b. Body above thinly silky. 



* First joint of the antennae hardly as long as the head. 



Middle lobe of the head very distinctly elongated. - pallipes. 



** First joint of the antenna; longer thau the head, 

 f Middle lobe of the head slightly prominent. Prothorax 



about one-third longer than its breadth at the base. - fuscipenuis. 

 ff Middle lobe of the head not prominent. Prothorax hardly 



longer by half than its breadth. ... spurca. 



B. Head unarmed beneath before the eyes. 



a. First joint of the antennae longer by almost half than the 



bead. ..-.._ foeda. 



b. First joint of the antenna; about twice as long as the 



head. --._-_ prolixa. 



Europe and West Asia. 



1. Pygolampis pallipes. 



, Geoffr. Ins. i. 438. Sehaf. Icon. Rat. pi. 11, f. 15—17 



Cimex bifurcatus, Linn. ed. Gmel. iv. 2181 — Gerris pallipes, Fair. 

 Ent. Syst. iv. 189; Syst. Bhyn. 262 — Acanthia denticulata, Rossi, 

 Faun. Etr. 1284 — Emesa denticollis, Fall. Hem. Suec. 161 — Pygo- 

 lampis bifurcata, Germ. Faun. Eur. 8, 22 — Ochetopus spinicoili-', 

 Hahn, Want. Ins. i. 177, pi. 28, f. 92 — Pygolampis pallipes, Burm. 

 Handb. Ent. ii. 243. Blanch. Hist. Nat. Ins. iii. 108. Serv. Hist. 

 Hem. 391 — Pygolampis bifurcata, Fieb. Eur. Hem. 151. Dougl. and 

 Scott, Hem. 539. 



a. Europe. 



2. Pygolampis prolixa. 

 prolixa, Slal, Ofv. K. V. Ak. Forh. xvi. 379. 

 South Bussia. 



Div. 2. 

 Ctenocnemis, Fieb. Eur. Hem. 150. 



3. Pygolampis flavescens. 



Ctenocnemis flavescens, Fieb. Eur. Hem. 150. 



Sicily. 



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