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basin apiceque membranse, limbo abdominis pedibusque sor- 

 dide flavescentibus. 9. Long. 18, Lat. 5 mill. 

 Pirates xanthopus Schaum. Ber. Akad. Berl. 1853. p. 358; 

 PETERS Reise nach Mossamb. Ins. p. 47. (1862). 



Patria: Guinea. (Coll. Signoret); Mozambique. (sec. 

 Schaum.) 



3. P. maciilicrus Fairm. — Niger; antennarum articulp primo 

 basin versus, articulis rostri secundo et tertio, clavo, exce- 

 ptis basi apiceque, macula corii ad medium suturae clavi, ma- 

 cula subbasali membranse, limbo abdominis pedibusque sor- 

 dide flavescentibus; femoribus apice maculaque parva exte- 

 riore media femorum anticorum nigris. rf. Long. 21 , Lat. 

 6| mill. 

 Pirates maculicrus Fairm. in Thoms. Arch. ent. II. p. 309. 

 591. (1858). 



Pirates ftavo-pustulatus Stal. Ofv. Vet. Ak. Forh. 1858. 

 p. 442. 1. 



Patria: Calabar. (Coll. A. Doiirx et Stal.) 



bb. Pedibus nigris. 

 d. Membrana bas/i flavescente vel sordide albida. 

 4. P. cruciger Fabr. — Niger, parce fusco-pilosus; hemelytris 

 nigro-fuscis , disco magno conimum atro, parte apicali clavi, 

 macula oblonga interiore corii, ad clavum et pone medium 

 suturae clavi posita, nec non parte fere tertia basali mem- 

 branae flavescentibus vel sordide flavo-albidis; tarsis testa- 

 ceis; lobo antico thoracis sulco medio subtili, distincto, po- 

 sterius profundiore, instructo. rf. $. Long. 20, Lat. 6 mill. 

 Reduvius cruciger Fabr. Syst. Rhyng. p. 270. 21. (1803). 

 Pirates pungens Reiche et Fairm. Voy. en Abyss. Ent. p. 

 449. 1. Pl. 29. fig. 3. (1848). 



Patria : Sierra Leona, Senegal. (Mus. Holm. et Coll. Signo- 

 ret.) Abyssinia. (sec. Reiche et Fairmaire.) 



Variat hemelytris abdomine tertia partc brevioribus. 



