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9. Tibiis anticis intus levissime, extus valde rotundato- 

 dilatatis. 



Petalocheirus Murrayi SiGN. in Thoms. Arch. ent. II. p. 

 327. 626. (1858). 



Petalocheirus nigropustulatus Stal. Ofv. Vet. Ak. Forh. 

 1858. p. 444. 1. 



Patria: Calabar. (Coll. A. Dohrn, Signoret et Stal.) 



Thorax lobo antico basi utrimque spinula fusca, angulis apica- 

 libus spina longa erecta pallida, apice fusca, instructis: angulis la- 

 teralibus lobi postici spina lougiuscula, extrorsum et leviter sursum 

 vergeute, armatis. Scutelluin basi utriinque spinula parva, disco 

 spina magna suberecta armatum, apice acutum, leviter reflexum. Fe- 

 niora posteriora apicem versus spinula armata. 



bb. Scutello basi utrimque inermi, disco spina armato. 



3. P. variegatus P. B. — Fusco-ferrugineus, fusco-pilosus; ma- 

 cnla basali colli capitis, lituris lobi antici maculisque non- 

 nullis anticis et posticis lobi postici thoraeis, hujus etiam 

 spinis lateralibus, spina discoidali scutelli, maculis minutis 

 numerosis sparsis hemelytrorum, maculis marginalibus abdo- 

 minis pedibusque griseo-flavescentibus, his fusco-annulatis. 

 y. Long. 17, Lat. 4 mill. 



9- Tibiis anticis intus modice, extus valde rotundato-dila- 

 tatis, ovatis. 



Petalocheirus variegatus P. B. Ins. p. 13. Hem. Pl. 1. fig. 



1. (1805). 



Reduvius variegatus Lep. et Serv. Enc. meth. X. p. 274. 



2. (1825). 



Petalochirus variegatus Burm. Handb. II. 1. p. 247. 1. 

 (1835); Blanch. Hist. nat. ins. Hem. p. 108. 1; A. et S. Hist. 

 des Hem. p. 378. 1. (1843). 



Patria: Oware. (Coll. SlGNORET.) 



Thorax Jobo antico inernii, angulis anticis obtuse tuberculatis, 

 angulis lateralibus lobi postici spina mediocri armatis. Femora po- 

 steriora apicein versus spina instructa. 



4. P. rubiginosus P. B. — Nigricans, fusco-pilosus; maculis sub- 

 basalibus thoracis, in fasciam arcuatam subconfluentibus , 



