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HEMIPTERA-HETEROPTERA 



suggested by Bergroth/ that the anterior pair have been 

 detached by some accident. 



Fam. 10. Henicocephalidae. — Head sioolUn lehind the 

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

 lohich the ocelli arc 'placed. Rostrum extremely short. Elytra 

 rather large, of one consistence throughout ; conspicuously veined. — 

 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 Eeduviidae. 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, ivith long coxae, short thick femora, and tibiae curvate, 

 pointed ; frequently ivithout tarsi. — The Insects of this family are 



FlQ. 267. — Carciiiocoris binghami (Phymatidae). Burma. 



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

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

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

 only about seventy species of Phymatidae known. We have 



' U'ien. cut. Zeit. xi. 1892, p. 169. 



