543 llEDUVINA. 



Dull, black, densely clotlied with short, yellowish-gray, appressed 

 hairs ; cihdomen beneath, yellowish-brown ; some of the hairs 

 fine, long, projecting, brownish. 



Head ; in the centre and round the eyes a whitish line. Antennae 

 light brown, Avith scarcely perceptible, short, whitish hairs ; 1st, 

 2ad, and 4th joints at the apex, 6th, 7th, and 8th entirely, darker, 

 2nd and 4th with a few projecting, long, brown hairs. Eyes black, 

 smooth, shining. Ocelli ved. Hostrum ; 1st joint brown, 2nd and 

 3rd black. 



Thorax. — Pronotum with distant, erect, long, brown hairs ; the 

 furrows on the anterior portion black, shining ; sides with a dark 

 line extending to the hinder angles. Bciitellum ; sides black, apex 

 yellowish. Elytra reaching only to the middle of the 3rd abdo- 

 minal segment, lying on the abdomen, but not nearly so wide ; 

 anterior margin slightly Sinuate ; Memhrane contorted, very shining, 

 yellowish-fuscous, reaching but little beyond the apex of the corium ; 

 nerves black. Sternum black ; Jiletasternum yellowish. Eeys with 

 short, whitish hairs, and long,f projecting, black hairs ; thiglis yellow- 

 brown, with blackish rings, and black on the inner side, in a long, 

 stripe ; tilicB brown, blackish on the 1st 3rd, base and a ring near 

 it yellowish ; tarsi yellow-brown, end of the 3rd joint and the claws, 

 black. 



Abdomen above (by reason of the stout hairs) yellowish-gray, at 

 the sides of each segment a black spot, surrounded by a yellowish 

 ring ; Connexivum ; anterior ^ of each segment black, posterior tV 

 yellow : underside yellowish-brown, more or less mottled with 

 black spots ; the hairs long, yellowish. 



Length, 4 — 5 lines. 



Taken in dry sandy places in July, August, and September, under 

 the shelter of heather, furze, and other bushes ; Weybridge, Ad- 

 dington Hills, Deal, &c. The insects, if handled, give out a delicate 

 odour like that of ripe pears. 



Genus 4. — Reduvius, Fab. 



Elliptic. 



Head elongate, very broad across the eyes, deflected thence to the 

 base, behind the eyes nearly cylindrical, being but little narrowed to 



