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♦ Antennse slender, joints 1 and 2 much shorter than apical joints, 
which are not thickened ; ocelli very remote. 
Apiomerus (Hahn). 
t Antennae rather thick and short, joints 3 and 4 slightly thickened, 
a little longer than basal joint ; ocelli less distant from each othef 
than from eyes ; posterior lobe of thorax twice as long as anterior. 
Sphodrolestes, g. n. 
{Beharus and Ponerohia, A. & S., unknown to the author.) 
Piratida. Stul (CEfvers. Vet.-Akad. Fdrh. xxiii. pp. 250-262) gives a 
tabular conspectus of this group, from which tho following is slightly 
abridged 
I. Intermediate tibiae not furnished with a spongy pit. 
SiRTHENEA (Spin.). 
II. Intermediate tibiae with a spongy pit, 
A. Anterior tibiae convex above. 
* Neck unarmed, destitute of lateral tubercles. 
a. Head rather suddenly coarctate behind eyes. 
I. Ocelligerous part of head elevated; posterior coxae slightly 
separated at base, touching at apex. 
a. Anterior femora spinulose beneath. Lestomerus (A. & S.). 
h. Anterior femora without distinct spinules beneath ; spongy 
pit of anterior tibiae rather small ; joints 1 and 2 of an- 
tennae rather thick, 3 slightly thickened at base ; thorax 
constricted behind middle Micros and alus, g. n. 
; 2. Ocelligerous part of head scarcely, if at all, elevated ; inter- 
mediate coxae distant, anterior femora unarmed. 
TiIYMBREUS (Stal). 
b. Head tumid behind eyes, suddenly coarctate behind. 
1. Apical joint of posterior tarsi equal to joints I and 2 together. 
Pirates (Burm.). 
2. Apical joint of posterior tarsi longer than joints 1 and 2 to- 
gether ; ocelligerous part of head not elevated. 
Fusius (St®l.). 
t Neck with a more or less elevated tubercle on each side. 
a. Anterior femora compresso-ampliate beneath. 
Phalantus (StM). 
b. Anterior femora convex beneath. 
1. Apical spongy part of anterior tibiae produced into a lamina 
more than half the length of the tarsi. 
’ Tydides (StSl). 
2. Produced apical spongy part of anterior tibiae less than half 
the length of the tarsi. 
«. Anteocular and postocular parts of head equal in length ; 
body narrow Phorus (StSl). 
h, Anteocular longer than postocular part of head, 
a. Body oblong-ovate ; thorax granulate. 
Catamiarus (A. & S.). 
/3. Body elongate or very oblong ; thorax not granulate. 
** Spongy pit occupying more than half the tibia. 
aa. Scutellum subequilateral, or broader than long. 
Ectomocoris (Mayr). 
