HEMTPTERA IIETEROPTERA. 
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with one claw. Posterior legs moderately long. 
Hind femora not or hardly extending beyond the 
tip of the abdomen. 
* First and second joints of the rostrum equal in 
length ; third hardly shorter than the first and 
second together. Prothorax hardly twice longer 
than the head, extending over the mesothorax, 
very slightly straightened before the elongated 
part; sides of the fore lobe parallel; hind lobe a 
little broader than the fore lobe. Fore coxae 
shorter by about one-fourth than the prothorax. 
Fore wings entire, extending beyond the middle 
of the abdomen. - - - 
** Wingless. Prothorax longer by half than the head, 
as long as the mesothorax and the metathorax 
together, extending a little over the tip of the 
mesothorax, narrowed hindward, very slightly 
straightened near the hind border. Mesothorax 
and metathorax nearly equally long. 
f Head with a little tooth near the tip. First and 
second joints of the rostrum equally long, shorter 
together than the third. Fore coxae a little longer 
than the prothorax. - 
ff Head with two spines near the tip. First joint of the 
rostrum rather thick, slightly compressed, much 
longer than the second ; second shorter than the 
third. Fore coxte hardly as long as the pro- 
thorax. - 
B. Fore femora spinulose beneath ; no long spine or one 
quite at the base. Fore tibiae and fore tarsi 
together as long as or hardly longer than the fore 
femora. 
a. Winged. Prothorax covering the mesothorax. 
* Fore femora twice longer than the lore tibiae. Fore 
tarsi a little longer than the fore tibiae. - 
•** Fore femora longer by half than the fore tibiae. Fore 
tarsi shorter than the fore tibiae. 
b. Wingless. Prothorax covering the tip of the meso- 
thorax. - 
Barce. 
Carambis. 
Bargylia. 
Orthunga. 
Tinna. 
Cekascopcs. 
Fam. 1. HOLOPTILIDjE. 
Serv. Hist. Hem. xlii. 318. Holoptilida, Stal, Hem. Afr. iii. 44. 
Genus 1. MAOTYS. 
Ptilocerus, Gray , Zool. l\Iisc. 1831, 34 — Maotys, Serv. Hist. Hem. 318. 
1. Maotys fuscus. 
Ptilocerus fuscus, Gray , Zuol. Misc. 1831, 34— Maotys fuscus, Serv. Hist. 
Hem. .319, pi. 6, f. 4. H.-Sch. IVam. Ins. ix. l3o, pi. 207, f. 946. 
