HEMIPTERA HETEROPTERA. 39 



Div. 2. 

 Lopodytes, Stal, Ofv. K. V. Ah Fork. x. 263 ; Hem. Afr. iii. 97. 



5. Rhaphidosoma grassator. 

 Lopodytes grassator, Stal, Ofv. K. V. Ah. Fork. xii. 45 ; Hem. Afr. iii. 97. 

 Natal. 



Fam. 4. ECTRICHODIDjE. 



Ectrichodidae, Serv. Hist. Hem. 342 — Ectrichodida, Stal, Hem. Afr. iii. 

 101. 



Genus 1. ECTRICHODIA. 



Ectricbodia, St. Farg. et Serv. Enc. x. 279. Serv. Hist. Hem. 343. Stal, 

 Hem. Afr. iii. 103 — Loricerus, Hahn, Wanz. Ins. i. 30— Ectrychotes, 

 Burm. Handb. Enl. ii. 237 — Physoihynchus, Serv. Hist. Hem. 342. 



Africa. 



Div. 1. 



Physoihynchus, Serv. Hist. Hem. 342 — Ectrichodia, Stal, Ofv. K. V. Ak. 

 Forh. xvi. 176. 



A. Scutellum reddish testaceous. - lucida. 



B. Scutellum black or aeneous- black. 



a. Legs wholly reddish testaceous. 



* Furrow at the fore tibiae small. ... g'gas. 

 ** Furrow at the fore tibiae rather large. - - distineta. 



b. Legs wholly or partly black or aeneous-black. 



* Antennae with yellowish tips. ... antennalis. 

 ** Antennae with a whitish band near the tips. - marginicollis. 



*** Antennae wholly black, 

 f Colour not metallic. 

 % Prolborax with no cruciform mark. 



§ Antennae very hairy. ----- barbicornis. 

 §§ Antennae not very hairy. 



X First joint of the antennae as long as the second. - ingens. 



X X First joint of the antenna; shorter than the second. - picipes. 



%\ Prothorax with a cruciform mark. 



§ Femora wholly black. - crux. 



§^ Femora with luteous tips. - diversipes. 



§§§ Femora mostly red. ----- piclipcs. 



-j-f Colour more or less metallic. 



X Prothorax with two luteous dots in front. - - bigemmis. 



XX Prothorax with luteous spots. - - - tarsalis. 



XIX Prothorax luteous. 



§ Fore wings black. - ... - palricia. 



§§ Fore wings yellowish, bordered with black. - - Natuleusis. 



