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HEMIPTERA-HETEROPTERA 



CHAP. 



suggested by Bergroth, 1 that the anterior pair have been 

 detached by some accident. 



Fam. 10. Henicocephalidae. Head swollen behind the 

 eyes so as to form a sort of globe, on the anterior part of 

 which the ocelli are placed. Rostrum extremely short. Elytra 

 rather large, of one consistence throughout ; conspicuously veim'i?. 

 There is only one genus ; it is very widely distributed, about a 

 dozen species being known ; one of these occurs in the south of 

 Europe. These curious little bugs appear to be most nearly 

 allied to the Reduviidae. According to Westwood and others 

 they are somewhat gregarious ; a Tasmanian species dances in 

 the air after the fashion of midges or May-flies, and dispenses an 

 agreeable, musk-like odour. 



Fam. 11. Phymatidae. Front legs of peculiar structure, short 

 and stout, with long coxae, short thick femora, and tibiae curvate, 

 pointed ; frequently without tarsi. The Insects of this family are 



FIG. 267. Oarcinocoris binghami (Phymatidae). Burma. 



believed to be predaceous, the structure of the legs being such as 

 is called raptorial, and one species, Phymata erosa, being known 

 to capture and suck honey-bees in North America. There are 

 only about seventy species of Phymatidae known. We have 



1 Wien. ent. Zeit. xi. 1892, p. 169. 



