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Head much produced anteriorly with the mouth opening 

 at the apex. Antennae five-segmented. Legs long and slen- 

 der, of nearly equal size, without a thumb-like process opposing 

 the claw. 



Genus Hcematomyzus Piaget 



Hcematomyzus Piaget, Tijds. v. Ent, Vol. 12, p. 254 

 (1869) ; Giinther, Science Gossip, p. 278 (1871) ; Piaget, Les 

 Ped., p. 658 (1880); Enderlein, Zool. Anz., Vol. 28, p. 137 

 (1904) ; Dalla Torre, Gen. Ins., AnopL, p. 19 (1908). 



Idolocoris Walker & Richter, Science Gossip, pp. 131, 

 211 (1871). 



Phantasmocoris White, Science Gossip, pp. 234, 278 

 (1871). 



Head tubularly produced anteriorly, with the mouth open- 

 ing at the apex. Antennae five-segmented. Legs long and 

 slender, without a thumb-like process opposing the claw. 



Type of the genus, Hcematomyzus elephantis Piaget. 



1 — Hcematomyzus elephantis Piaget. From African elephant. 



1869. Hcematomyzus elephantis Piaget, Tijds. v. Ent., 

 Vol. 4, ser. 2, p. 254; pi. 2, f. 1-14. 



1871. Idolocoris elephantis Richter, Science Gossip, 

 p. 132, f. 67. 



1871. Hcematomyzus elephantis Newman, The Ento- 

 mologist, Vol. 6, pp. 465-470, fig. 



1880. Hcematomyzus proboscideus Piaget, Les Ped., 

 pp. 658-660; pi. 54, f. 2. 



1908. Hcematomyzus elephantis Dalla Torre, Gen. 

 Ins., Anopl., p. 19. 



1910. Hcematomyzus proboscideus Mjoberg, Ark. f. 

 Zool., Vol. 6, pt. 13, pp. 181-183, f. 93. 



la — Hcematomyzus elephantis var. sumatranus Fahrenholz. 

 From Elephas indicus (Sumatra). 



1910. Hcematomyzus elephantis var. sumatranus Fah- 

 renholz, Zool. Anz., Vol. 35, p. 714. 

 1910. Hcematomyzus elephantis var. sumatranus Fah- 

 renholz, Jahresb. d. Niedersach. Zool. Ver., Vol. 

 58-59, Abt. D, p. 67. 



