io I. AHMAD 



Body linear or comparatively robust. Head elongated. Antennae with apices of basal 

 segments slightly swollen. Rostrum usually short, reaching second coxae. 



In o\ posterior margin of seventh abdominal tergum usually truncate ; pygophore usually 



Figs. 3-9. 3, Mntusca prolixa, head, dorsal view ; 4, Cosmoleptus limbaticollis , pronotum, 

 dorsal view ; 5, Noliphus erythrocephalus, head, dorsal view ; 6, Noliphus erythroce- 

 phalus, pronotum, dorsal view ; 7. Lyrnessus geniculatus, pronotum, dorsal view ; 8, 

 Bloeteocoris inflexigena, head, lateral view ; 9. Cosmoleptus limbaticollis , portion of femur 

 and tibia, inner view showing ventro-lateral fore femoral spine. 



