HEMIPTERA HETEROPTERA, 99 
Diy. 4. 
17. PIRATES SEMIRUFUS. 
Mas. Niger; caput conicum; antenne capite et prothorace ad unum 
paullo longiores ; corium rufum ; ale postice diaphane. 
Male. Black, fusiform, smooth, shining. Head with an angular 
furrow between the eyes, conical in front of the eyes, very short behind 
them. Rostrum extending to the propectus; second joint much longer 
than the others. Antenne setulose, a little longer than the head and the 
prothorax together; second joint full twice as long as the first; third 
much shorter than the second; fourth a little shorter than the second. 
Fore lobe of the prothorax with a depression in the disk hindward, with 
a slight longitudinal furrow, and on each side in front with two very 
slight furrows; hind lobe about half as long as the fore lobe, with 
rounded and convex side-angles. Fore femora much incrassated; fore 
tibia clavate, much shorter than the fore femora, their furrow less than 
half their length; fore tarsi dilated at the base. Corium red-lead colour. 
Hind wings pellucid. Length of the body 6 lines. 
a, 6, Orizaba. From M. Salle’s collection. 
18. Prrates Mexicanvus. 
Fem. Niger, fere fusiformis ; caput conicum, prothoracis lobo antico 
equilongum; sculellum apicem versus subascendens; connexivum 
fluvo guttatum ; femora postica bast testaceo fasciata; ale antice 
flavo pallido bimaculate. 
Female. Black, nearly fusiform. Head conical, as long as the fore 
lobe of the prothorax ; ante-ocular part rather longer than the post-ocular. 
Antenne slender, somewhat longer than the head and the prothorax 
together; first joint little longer than the ante-ocular head ; second nearly 
twice as long as the first; third much shorter than the second; fourth 
nearly as long as the second. Fore lobe of the prothorax about twice as 
Jong as the hind lobe; hind part of the middle furrow strongly marked. 
Scutellum compressed and obliquely ascending towards the tip. Con- 
nexivuin with yellow dots. Legs rather slender; hind femora with a 
testaceous band at the base; fore femora incrassated. Corium wlth a pale 
yellow spot on the clavus. Membrane with a pale yellow spot on the 
inner side at the base. Length of the body 6} lines. 
a. Orizaba. From M. Sallé’s collection. 
Div. 5. 
Tydides, Stal, Hem, Afr. iii. 113. 
19. PIRATES BRACHIATUS. 
Reduvius brachiatus, Perly, Del. An. Art. Bras, xi. 173, pl. 34, f. 10— 
Peirates rufus, Serv. Ann. Sci. Nat. xxiii. 218—Pirates rufus, Serv. 
