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the described American forms ; it is mentioned here solely to record the presence of 
Ploiaria in Mexico. 
1. Ploiaria, sp. (Tab. X. fig. 23, anterior leg.) 
Hab. Mexico, Paso del Macho (Hége). 
One male specimen, about 6 millim. long, not unlike the Palearctic P. domestica, 
Scop., but with a less dilated abdomen and longer spines on the anterior femora. 
Subfam. BACTRODINA. 
This subfamily of Reduviide includes a single genus, peculiar to the warmer parts of 
America, and ranging from Central Mexico to the Argentine Republic. It differs from 
the Emesine in having the anterior coxe less elongate and the lower portion of the 
prothorax produced in front, as well as in the presence of ocelli. 
BACTRODES. 
Bactrodes, Stal, Rio Jan. Hemipt. p. 80 (1858) ; Enum. Hemipt. ii. p. 124. 
Of the four described species of Bactrodes, two occur within our limits. In both of 
them the anterior trochanters are armed with a sharp spine, and the anterior femora 
are furnished with six or seven spines along their lower edge. The anterior tarsi have 
two claws, the intermediate and hind tarsi one only. 
Head and posterior lobe of the pronotum not spinose, the anterior lobe of the 
latter feebly spinose at the sides towards the apex; scutellum with a short 
spine; anterior femora biannulate and almost smooth above; abdomen not 
foliaceous at the sides posteriorly . . . . . . - . biannulatus, St. 
Head and both lobes of the pronotum spinose, the spines bearing erect hairs, the 
head with two long divergent spines in front and the pronotum with a long 
spine at each of the hind angles ; scutellum and post-scutellum each with a 
long semierect spine; anterior femora coarsely granulate; abdomen with 
the fifth connexival segment strongly, and the sixth feebly, foliaceous . . spinulosus, St. 
1. Bactrodes biannulatus. (Tab. XI. fig. 1, ¢.) 
Bactrodes biannulatus, Stal, Rio Jan. Hemipt. p. 80'; Enum. Hemipt. ii. p. 125 *. 
Hab. Mexico, Chilpancingo in Guerrero 4600 feet (H. H. Smith); Panama, Tolé, 
San Miguel in the Pearl Is. (Champion).—Brazit } 2, 
We possess three specimens of this species, all males. The Mexican example 
is figured. 
