HIRANETIS.—GRAPTOCLEPTES. 281 
1. Hiranetis braconiformis. (Tab. XVII. figg. 8, 8a, 3, var.; 9, 2.) 
La Punaise Guepe-Ichneumon, Stoll, Représ. des Punaises, p. 86, t. 21. fig. 147 (1788) ’. 
Myocoris braconiformis, Burm. Handb. der Ent. ii. p. 2267; Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. ii. p. 107°. 
Mranetis braconiformis, Stal, Enum. Hemipt. ii. p. 82 *. 
Myocoris pompilodes, Burm. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. ii. p. 106°. 
Miranetis pompilodes, Stal, Enum. Hemipt. ii. p. 82°. 
Hab. Mexico, Omealca near Orizaba (M. Trujillo); Guatemata, San Juan, Teleman, 
and Chacoj in Vera Paz (Champion); Cosra Rica, Caché (Rogers); Panama, Bugaba, 
Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion).—Gu1ana!; Braziu?~*, 
We possess a long series of this species, varying in the colour of the pronotum and 
also to a certain extent in that of the femora. In many of the specimens the pronotum 
is entirely rufo-testaceous (draconiformis, Burm.) ; but in others, both from Guatemala. 
and Chiriqui, it is partly or entirely black, the basal margin or a subtriangular patch 
on the disc behind being pale in some examples (pompilodes, Burm.). The intermediate 
and hind femora are broadly, and the anterior pair sometimes narrowly, black at. the 
base ; the hind pair have the apex broadly, and rarely a median ring, fuscous or black, 
and the intermediate pair are often infuscate at the apex. The males have the third 
antennal joint thickened at the base. H. braconiformis is very like Graptocleptes 
cingulatus, Stal, from Colombia; but in the latter the head is armed with two spines, 
the legs are shorter, the head is clothed with shorter hairs, the scutellum is produced 
into an acute tooth behind, &c. It resembles various large Braconide occurring in 
the same districts. We are indebted to Dr. Aurivillius for the loan of specimens of 
H. braconiformis and G. cingulatus. 
We figure a pair from Bugaba, showing the variation m colour amongst specimens 
from the same locality. 
GRAPTOCLEPTES. 
Graptocleptes, Stal, Ofv. Vet.-Ak. Forh. xxiii. p. 294 (1866) ; Enum. Hemipt. ii. pp. 69, 81. 
A Tropical-American genus including eight described species, one of which occurs in 
our region. The species now added is extremely variable in colour. The males may 
be known by their large and prominent eyes and the thickened third antennal joint. 
Head flattened and with a few scattered hairs only beneath ; body flavo- 
testaceous, the pronotum and elytra variable in colour, the elytra with 
the apex and sometimes a median fascia also black or fuscous . . . varians, n. sp. 
Head tumid and densely pilose beneath ; body black, the venter sanguineous. sanguinecventris, Stal. 
1. Graptocleptes varians, n.sp. (Tab. XVII. figg. 10,104, ¢; 11, 12,13, 9.) 
Elongate, rather shining, sparsely pubescent and also clothed with scattered erect hairs; ochreous or flavous, 
the anterior lobe of the pronotum and the venter sometimes sanguineous; the head black, with the neck 
flavescent, or entirely flavescent, the rostrum included; the pronotum with a black vitta down each side 
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