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the scutellar processes, the sides of the corium to the middle, the connexival margins, the cox, some spots 
on the pleura, the femora with the base and a broad ring close to the apex, the tarsi, a broad transverse 
fascia on each of the ventral segments 2-5, and a spot at the sides of all of them, more or less rufo- 
testaceous ; the membrane nigro-fuscous ; the body glabrous, the tibie and tarsi very sparsely pilose, the 
antennee clothed with long projecting hairs, the basal joint much more sparsely pilose. Head a little 
longer than the pronotum, gradually narrowing behind the eyes, the latter very prominent, the long, 
neck-like, basal portion stout and cylindrical, the ocellar prominence moderately raised, the antenniferous 
processes nearly twice as long as the eyes, the ante-ocular portion convex along the middle, the tylus 
cariniform; antenns with joint 2 twice as long as 1, and much longer than 3 and 4 united, 3 longer 
than 4 (the other joints broken off). Pronotum with the two lobes subequal in length, the anterior lobe 
transversely gibbous; the transverse median sulcus, and also the longitudinal one on each side near the 
hind angles, transversely wrinkled. Scutellar processes somewhat widely separated. Llytra short, 
reaching to the apex of the fourth segment. Abdomen broad-oval, transversely rugulose above, smooth 
beneath, the connexivum very broad. Anterior and intermediate tibie dilated at the apex, and each with 
a short spongy fossa beneath. 
Length 15, breadth 54 millim. 
Hab. GuateMaua, Balheu in Vera Paz (Champion). 
One specimen, somewhat discoloured. In the form of the head this species approaches 
P. lugens, but the eyes are much more prominent, the ante-ocular portion of the head 
is broader, and the antenniferous processes are longer, the antenne in consequence being 
inserted more forwards. 
2. Pothea lugens. (Tab. XIII. fig. 14, ¢.) 
Reduvius lugens, Fabr. Syst. Rhyng. p. 269 (1808) °. 
Pothea lugens, Stal, Ofv. Vet.-Ak. Férh, 1859, p. 1847; Hemipt. Fabr. i. p. 118 (1868) °; Enum. 
Hemipt. i. p. 104%. 
Pothea centralis, Walk. Cat. Hemipt. Heteropt. viii. p. 63”. 
Hab. Panama (Boucard).—Souta America! 3, Colombia ? 4 5, Venezuela? 5, Ecuador ®, 
Guiana 234, Amazons 25, Brazil? 3 4, 
Of this widely-distributed Tropical-American insect we possess a single male example 
from Panama. It is black, with a slight «neous lustre on the head, pronotum, and 
scutellum; the connexivum and ventral segments 1-6 are bright red, each segment 
being marked with black at the sides in front. One of Stal’s specimens, a male from 
Bogota, has been seen. 
8. Pothea annulipes, n. sp. (Tab. XIII. figg. 15, ¢; 15a, antenna.) 
3. Elongate, shining, black, with an seneous lustre; the head with the inter-ocular space and the tylus 
stramineous, in one specimen obscurely fulvous for some distance behind the eyes; the sides of the 
corium at the base, and sometimes the base also, and a transverse fascia or spot on each of the ventral 
segments 2-5, reddish-ochreous ; the connexival margins sordid ochreous, reddish, or stramineous, the sixth 
segment black at the apex; the tibie each with a flavous ring before the middle; the antenne with the 
outer joints piceous or obscure ferruginous ; the body glabrous, the legs very sparsely pilose, the antenne 
somewhat thickly clothed throughout with very long, fine, projecting hairs. Head somewhat triangular, 
about as long as the pronotum, rapidly and obliquely narrowed behind the eyes, the latter large and 
prominent, the long, neck-like, basal portion comparatively slender, the ocelli placed upon an abruptly 
