474 ZOOLOGICAL LITBRATUIIE. 
/3i3. Scutellum longer than broad, produced at apex. 
— Scutellum with a long slender spine at apex; 
apical joint of posterior tarsi shorter than joint 2 
or 1 and 2 together. . Oallisphodhus, g. n. 
=■ Scutellum somewhat produced at apex ; joint 3 
of posterior tarsi equal to 1 and 2 together. 
Macrosandulus, g. n. 
tt Spongy pit not occupying more than half the tibiae. 
aa. Tylus seen from the side somewhat elevated. 
Melanolestes, g. n. 
/3/3. Tylus scarcely if at all elevated. 
— Apical third of anterior tibiae thick, bearing the 
spongy pit Brachysandalus, g. n. 
= Spongy pit occupying half the anterior tibia. 
0. Scutellum acuminate, produced into a spine. 
Sphodrocoris, g. n. 
00. Scutellum scarcely produced at apex, not acu- 
minate Ceeptocoris, g. n. 
B. Anterior tibiae flat and broad above Androclus (StSl). 
{Dicraotropis, Mayr, is unknown to the author.) 
Stil (/. c. pp. 283-286, note) gives the following table of genera closely 
allied to the genus Reduvius (as restricted by him) : — 
I. Scutellum at the apex only very obsoletely foliaceous, neither reflexed 
nor concave. 
A. Disk of scutellum much elevated. 
1. Head and thorax of equal length ; posterior lobe of thorax not im- 
pressed in the middle ; tibiae linear . . Graptolestes, g. n. 
2. Head a little shorter than thorax ; posterior lobe of thorax longi- 
tudinally impressed; tibiae, especially in $, thickened in the 
middle Graptoclopius, g. n. 
B. Disk of scutellum scarcely, if at all, elevated. 
1. Posterior lobe of thorax somewhat elevated in front. 
Biasticus, g. n. 
2. Posterior lobe of thorax not elevated. 
a. Anterior lobe of thorax small, ^ length of posterior ; abdomen 
much dilated Pceciloclopius, g. n. 
b. Anterior and posterior lobes of thorax of equal length, or posterior 
never more than twice length of anterior. 
* Half the membrane projecting beyond the apex of the abdomen. 
Graptosphodrus, g. n. 
t Membrane scarcely, if at all, exceeding apex of abdomen, 
a. Postocular part of head shorter than anteocular. 
Ehinocoris (Hahn). 
h. Anteocular and postocular parts of head equal, or postocular 
longer. 
a. Anterior tibiae a little longer than the femora and tro- 
chanters Hagia (St§l). 
/3. Anterior tibiae equal in length to the femora or femora and 
trochanters. 
** Thoracic lobes continuously longitudinally impressed. 
Sphedanolestes, g. n 
