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Mexican example. The Guatemalan insect is similarly coloured, except that the two 
outer spots on the disc of the posterior lobe of the pronotum are longer and in the 
form of vitte. The terminal genital segment of the male is armed with a long, 
upwardly curved spine at the apex; the third joint of the antenne is slightly thickened 
in this sex. The type is figured. 
3. Repipta taurus. (Tab. XVI. fig. 13, 2.) 
Zelus taurus, Fabr. Syst. Rhyng. p. 291 (1808) *. 
Repipta taurus, Stal, Stett. ent. Zeit. 1862, p. 446°; Enum. Hemipt. ii. p. 80°; Uhler, Bull. U.S. 
Geol. & Geogr. Surv. i. p. 327 *. 
Zelus lineatus, Amy. et Serv. Hist. Nat. Ins. Hémipt. p. 373°. 
Hab. Nortu America, Philadelphia *®, Carolina!, Texas 34, Florida &c. 4.—Muxico ? 34 
(Sallé, in Mus. Holm.; Sichel, in Mus. Vind. Ces.), Medellin, Atoyac, Teapa (1. H. 
Smith), Orizaba (Bilimek, in Mus. Vind. Ces.; H. H. Smith; Godman), San Lorenzo 
(MM. Trujilio), Jalapa (Hoge), Temax in Yucatan (Gaumer); GuatemaLa, San Joaquin, 
Tocoy, Capetillo (Champion), Duefias (Salvin, Champion); Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui 
(Champion). 
In this species the antenne, the posterior lobe of the pronotum (the basal margin 
excepted), the clavus, the corium (the costal margin excepted), and legs are black or 
blackish. In light-coloured specimens the dark coloration on the posterior lobe of the 
pronotum is reduced to two. vitte, and the femora are pale at the base. The outer 
margin of the corium is usually pale. The spines on the head and pronotum are very 
long. The males have the third joint of the antenne thickened for two-thirds of its 
length, and the terminal genital segment armed with a very short tooth at the apex. 
A male from Teapa is figured. 
4, Repipta flavicans, (Tab. XVI. fig. 14, ¢.) 
Zelus flavicans, Amy. et Serv. Hist. Nat. Ins. Hémipt. p. 374 (1843) *; Stal, Stett. ent. Zeit. 1862, 
p. 447’. 
Repipta flavicans, Stal, Ofv. Vet.-Ak. Férh. 1859, p. 369°; Enum. Hemipt. ii. p. 80°; Berg, 
Hempit. Argent. p. 147°. 
Zelus lateralis, Herr.-Schaff. Wanz. Ins. p. 120°. 
Zelus ochraceus, Herr.-Schaff. loc. cit. p. 1217. 
Zelus varipes, Herr.-Schaff. loc. cit. p. 121°. 
Hab. Mexico? (Sichel, in Mus. Vind. Ces.), Presidio de Mazatlan (Forrer), Tuzantla, 
Chapultepec (Mus. Vind. Ces.), Chilpancingo and Dos Arroyos, Cuernavaca, Teapa 
(H. H. Smith), Orizaba (Bilimek, in Mus. Vind. Ces.), San Lorenzo (MM. Trujillo); 
GuatemaLa, Cubilguitz, Sinanja, San Gerénimo, El Tumbador, Coatepeque, Las 
Mercedes, Cerro Zunil, Volcan de Atitlan, Zapote, Capetillo (Champion); Costa Rica, 
Talamanca (Mus. Holm.); Panama, Bugaba, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion).—Sovutu 
America, Guiana !4, Brazil4®78, Argentina ®. 
