250 KEDrviiD^. 



1069. Allaeocraiium qxiadrisi^natum, Rent. (Mecrocleptes) Act. Soc. 

 Sc. Fenn. xii, p. 333 (1881). 



Obscure piceous, fuscously hirsute ; antennae, pronotum at 

 posterior angles, apex, carina, and recurved spines to scutellum, 

 apices o£ femora, tibiae, tarsi, and disk of abdomen beneath 

 testaceous ; hemelytra obscure sericeous-fuscous ; base and small 

 triangular apical spot to corium ochraceous. 



Length 8| millim. 



Hah. Darjeeling (Stocl-holm Mus.), 



I have not seen this species. 



Genus REDUVIUS. 



Eeduvius, Lamarcl; Si/st. p. 294 (1801) ; Latr. Hist. Nat. iii, p. 249 

 (1802) ; Burm. Hamlb. ii, p. 234 (1835) ; Spin. Ess. Hem. p. 120 

 (1840) ; Amy. S^- Serv. Hem. p. 337 (1843) ; Rent. Act. Soc. Se. 

 Fenn. xix. no. 15, p. 3 (1892). 



Opsicoetus, Kiwi, Si/mb. Plujs. ii, fol. e (1830) ; Stdl, En. Hem. iv, 

 p. 06 (1874). ' 



Holotrichius, part., Herr.-Schdff. JVanz. Ins. viii, p. 38 (1848). 



Opinus, part., Stdl, Qfv. Vet.-Ak. Fork. 1855, p. 40. 



Varus, part., Stdl, Hem. Afr. iii, p. 141 (1865). 



Oplistopus, Jakowl. Troudy Ent. Ross, viii, p. 79 (1875). 



Type, Ii. XJersonatus., Linn. 



Distrihution. Palaearctic, Ethiopian, Oriental, and Austi'alasian 

 Kegious. 



Body moderately elongate ; head oblong, anteocular portion of 

 head longer than postocular portion ; eyes large, completely ex- 

 tending across the lateral areas of the head ; rostrum with the 

 second joint much longer than the first ; pronotum transversely 

 constricted before the middle, the anterior lobe with a strong 

 central sulcation or fissure, which is more broadly extended to disk 

 of posterior lobe ; anterior much shorter than the posterior lobe, 

 which has its posterior margin moderately convex ; scutellum with 

 its apex spinose or acute ; legs moderately long and slender ; 

 anterior femora unarmed ; anterior tibiae provided with a spongy 

 furrow of variable dimensions. 



A. First joint of antennce sJwrter than head. 



1070. Reduvius pallipes, Klny (Opsicoetus), Symb. Phijs. ii, fol. e, 

 ])]. xix, 1'. 3 (1830) : Stdl (Opsicoetus), En. Hem. iv, p. 78 

 (1874) : Reid Act. Soc. Sc. Fenn. xix, no. 15, p. 22 (1892). 



Eeduvius thoracicus, Stdl, Oft: Vet.-Ak. Fork. 1855, p. 188. 



Reduvius testaceus, Fieb. Eur. Hem. p. 156 (1861). 



Head, pronotum, prosternum, lateral areas of meso- and meta- 

 sterna, apical area of abdomen beneath, membrane, and rostrum 

 dark fuscous-brown or piceous; corium, a lateral and apical spot 

 to membrane, connexivum, body beneath, and legs stramineous ; 

 clavus (excluding apex), a central transverse fascia, connected 



