74 CATALOGUE OF 
Male. Testaceous, narrow. Eyes piceous, very prominent. Rostrum 
extending a little beyond the fore coxe; second joint longer than the 
others; tip black. Antenne slender, much shorter than the body ; joints 
from the first to the third successively decreasing in length; fourth much 
longer than the first. Prothorax finely scabrous; a tawny callus on each 
side near the fore border; transverse ridge near the hind border piceous, 
well defined; sides straight; hind angles very obtuse, not prominent. 
Four anterior femora beneath with two minute black-tipped subapical 
spines. Hind femora much incrassated, rather more than half the length 
of the abdomen, red above, black at the tips, with two stout spines beneath 
beyond the middle. Hind tibie red, shorter than the hind femora, piceous 
for half the length from the base, with a thick spine beneath at half the 
length. Tarsi and four anterior tibie red. Fore wings with a very broad 
black streak, which occupies more than half the length of the corium from 
the tip; veins wholly testaceous; membrane brown. Length of the body 
8 lines. 
a. Amazon Region. From Mr. Bates’ collection. 
8. Hirticus PALLIDUS. 
Mas. Testaceus, gracilis; antenne rufe, gracillime, corpore breviores ; 
prothorax subtiliter scaber, macula margineque postico picets, angults 
posticis obtusis non prominulis; femora postica valde incrassata, 
abdominis dimidio equilonga, apice picea; tibia postice rufe, basi 
pallidiores, femoribus posticis breviores; ale antice nigre, flavo 
venosaé, membrana fuscescente. 
Male. Testaceous, slender. Eyes piceous, prominent. Rostrum 
extending a little beyond the fore coxe; tip piceous. Antenne red, very 
slender, somewhat shorter than the body; joints from the first to the third 
successively decreasing in length; fourth much longer than the first. 
Prothorax finely scabrous, with a callus on each side near the fore border; 
& piceous spot extending from the disk to the hind border, which is also 
piceous; sides straight; hind angles very obtuse, not prominent. Four 
anterior femora beneath with two minute black-tipped spines. Hind 
femora much incrassated, about half the length of the abdomen, piceous at 
the tips, armed beneath with two stout spines near the tips. Hind tibie 
red, paler towards the tips, rather broad, shorter than the hind femora. 
Fore wings black; veins pale yellow; membrane brownish. Length of 
the body 8 lines. 
a. Amazon Region. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 
9. Hirttcus? VIRESCENS. 
Meropachys virescens, Erichs. Schomb. Reise Guiana, iii. 612. 
Guiana. 
Genus 20. PERANTHUS. 
Peranthus, Stal, Ofv. V. Ak. Forh. 1867, 536. Hem. Fabr. 42. 
