HEMIPTERA HETEROPTERA. 101 
xX Tibiz red. - > - - - - indecisus. 
§§§ Fore wings with an inner stripe. - - - viltifer. 
§§§§ Corium testaceous, varied with black. - - megaspilus. 
+++ Fore wings with no marks, - - - morio. 
*** Head short. 
+ Fore lobe of the prothorax much longer than the 
hind lobe. 
t Fore femora much incrassated. - - - dimidiatus, 
tt Fore femora hardly inerassated. = - - - lepidus. 
t+ Fore lobe of the prothorax not much longer than the 
hind lobe. - - > - - minusculus. 
b. Body ezneous. : - - - - eneus. 
B, Fore wings very short. - - - - picicornis. 
South America. 
Dive ts 
Sphodrocoris, Stal. 
21. PIRATES MACULIPENNIS. 
Reduvius maculipennis, St. Farg. et Serv. Enc. Méth, x. 276—Peirates 
maculipennis, Serv, Ann. Sci. Nat. 1831, 8. Stal, Rio Jan. Hem. 69. 
Pirates maculipennis, Serv. Hist. Hem. 325, Sphodrocoris maculi- 
pennis, Stal, Ofv. K. V. Ak. Forh. xxiii. 261. 
a. Brazil. 
b. Brazil. Presented by J. P. G. Smith, Esq. 
ce. Para. Presented by G. Graham, Esq. 
d. Brazil. From Mr. Children’s collection. 
e. Columbia. From M. Goudot’s collection. 
f. Bolivia. From Mr. Bridges’ collection. 
22. PIRATES CONCISUS. 
Mas. Niger; caput longi-conicum; antenne capite et prothorace ad 
unum breviores ; scutelli spina ferruginea ; femora quatuor posteriora 
basi testacea; tibia antica subtus fulve; corium basi albido uni- 
strigatum ; membrana luteo unimaculata. 
Male. Black, setulose, elongate-subfusiform. Head elongate-conical ; 
ante-ocular part about twice as long as the pust-ocular; a curved trans- 
verse furrow in front of the two hind ocelli. Rostrum extending to the fore 
coxe; second joint much longer than the others. Antenne shorter than 
the head and the prothorax together; first joint about half as long as 
the second ; third a little shorter than the second; fourth longer than the 
second. Fore lobe of the prothorax with seven furrows; middle one 
enlarged hindward; inner pair parallel; the two other pairs oblique; 
middle pair abbreviated hindward. Hind lobe less than half as long as 
the fore lobe. Scutellum concave in the disk, ending in a ferruginous 
spine. Abdomen with testaceous spots along each side. Fore cox@ testa- 
ceous towards the tips. Four hinder femora testaceous at the base. Fore 
tibia tawny beneath; spongy furrow very long. Fore wings with a whitish 
streak along the inner border of the corium from the base to the tip of the 
