270 ' HEMIPTERA-HETEROPTERA. 
This insect is certainly nothing more than a variety of the variable &. taurus, from 
which it differs in having the legs pale and the pronotum, at most, faintly streaked 
‘with black or fuscous. From Teapa southwards it is much commoner than the dark- 
legged R. taurus; the latter does not appear to extend to the S.-American continent, 
and it is therefore perhaps more convenient to treat the two forms as distinct. A male 
from Teapa is figured. 
5. Repipta sanguinea, n.sp. (Tab. XVI. fig. 15, 2.) 
2. Moderately elongate, rather broad, sparsely pilose, shining ; sanguineous, fading to testaceous, the pronotal 
spines flavous at the tip, the clavus and membrane yellowish, the antenne fuscous, the legs, the 
base of the femora and trochanters excepted, much suffused with that colour; the anterior femora and 
tibie densely, the intermediate and hind pairs sparsely, pilose. Head smooth, a little shorter than the 
pronotum, armed with two very long spines. Pronotum with two very long spines on the dise of the 
posterior lobe and a similar spine at each of the lateral angles; the posterior lobe depressed along 
the middle and with two short carine in front; the anterior angles transverse, subconical. Elytra 
extending considerably beyond the abdomen, the latter unarmed at the sides. Legs elongate. 
“Length to the apex of the elytra 15, breadth of the abdomen 4 millim. 
Hab. Panama (Boucard). 
Three examples. Larger, broader, and more robust than the females of the variable 
Z. taurus and Z. flavicans, the legs stouter, the anterior tibiz more densely pilose, the 
corium sanguineous, its inner portion and the clavus paler. 
6. Repipta gracilis, n.sp. (Tab. XVI. fig. 16, ¢.) 
Very elongate, narrow, dull, finely pubescent, and with a few scattered erect hairs; griseo-fuscous or obscure 
testaceous (probably reddish or greenish in life), the sides of the pronotum, the nervures of the corium, 
and the base of the third antennal joint pale; the legs greenish, fading to stramineous, the apices of the 
femora and the tibie usually reddish. Head elongate, much narrowed posteriorly, armed with two short 
spines or tubercles, tumid behind the eyes, the latter moderately large; antennz very slender, longer 
than the body, the third joint slender in the male. Pronotum longer than the head, armed with two 
long, slender spines on the disc of the posterior lobe and with a long spine at each of the lateral angles ; 
the posterior lobe rugulose, and with two short carine on the disc in front ; the anterior lobe transversely 
wrinkled, with obtuse tuberculiform angles. Scutellum produced into a short, obtuse, horizontal process 
behind. Elytra slightly longer than the abdomen, the latter unarmed at the sides ; the elytra with the 
discoidal area elongate. Legs hairy, very long and slender, the anterior femora incrassate. 
Length 123-14, breadth 2-3 millim. (d 2.) 
Hab. Guatemaa, Aceituno and San Gerénimo (Champion); Panama, Bugaba, Volcan 
de Chiriqui, Caldera (Champion). 
Eleven specimens. Superficially very like Zelus tetracanthus, Stal, but more slender, © 
with the head more narrowed behind, &c. The first joint of the rostrum is much 
longer than the second. . In some examples the femora and tibie are greenish towards 
the base. The third antennal joint is slender in the males. The females have the 
abdomen gradually widened to the apex of the fifth segment. A specimen from 
Chiriqui is figured. 
