THE THREAD-LEGGED BUGS. 517 



cc. Hind wings not spotted apically or very faintly so at extreme tip. 

 e. The large fuscous spots on elytra marked with small white dots; 

 two of the spines at base of under side of front femora 

 about as long as diameter of femora and quite stout; front 

 coxa? not longer than distance from coxal cavity to upper mar- 

 gin of pronotum; hind lobe of pronotum with a very small pale 

 median tubercle on basal margin and a small process on front 

 end of lateral carinae. 493. errabundus. 



ee. Fuscous spots of elytra not marked with clear dots; spines at 

 base of fore femora much shorter than femoral diameter; 

 front coxa longer than distance from coxal cavity to upper 

 margin of pronotum. 

 /. Pronotum with an evident tubercle on middle of hind margin. 

 g. Pronotum with two distinctly curved pilose white lines which 

 are conspicuous on front lobe; bases of elytra white. 



494. NUDUS. 

 gg. Hind lobe of pronotum with two broad white stripes which do 

 not reach its hind margin nor extend onto front lobe; eighth 

 ventral of male with a slender apical process (fig. 10). 



495. ARMATUS. 

 //. Pronotum without a tubercle on middle of hind margin. 



h. Front lobe of pronotum with two raised curved white lines in 



addition to the lateral carinae; hind lobe of pronotum, costal 



margin of elytra and front legs with numerous very fine 



erect hairs in addition to the usual pile; mesonotal spine 



brown, horizontal. 496. palmensis. 



hh. Front lobe of pronotum without curved white elevated lines; 



hind lobe of pronotum and costal margin of elytra without 



erect hairs. 



i. Stigma, or apical third of costal margin of elytra, linear, 



entirely black, forming a conspicuous costal streak centered 



on the vein closing costal half of discal cell, the latter much 



longer than that closing the other half (fig. 6) ; cross veins 



in middle of hind wing forming a straight line (fig. 11). 



497. WINNEMANA. 



ii. Stigma widened beyond the vein closing costal half of discal 



cell, the latter not longer than that closing the other half, 



(fig. 8) ; cross veins in middle of hind wing forming an an- 



gulate line. 



j. Antennas and legs without long hairs; stigma with two or 



three blackish spots beyond the cross-vein; male claspers 



knobbed, the knob concave at tip (fig. 9). 



498. CULICIFORMIS. 



jj. Antenna? and legs beset with numerous long erect hairs ; 

 stigma without dark spots beyond the cross-vein; claspers 

 not knobbed. 499. pilosus. 



489 (699). Empicoris rubromaculatus (Blackburn), 1889, 349. 



Elongate, slender. Head and front lobe of pronotum fuscous-brown, 

 finely pubescent, the latter with a black stripe each side; hind lobe of 



