HEMIPTERA HETEROPXERA. 



27. DiNDYMUS REDUVIOIDES. 



Mas et foem. Niger, fusiformis ; rostrum coxas posticas atlingens ; 

 antenna; corpore multo breviores, articulo 4o luleo apice nigra ; 

 metapectus albo marginatum ; abdominis dorsum rufum ; venter 

 riifo marginatus ; cerium rufum, basi nigrum ; membrana bast 

 cinerea. 



Male and female. Black, fusiform, smooth, sliining. Head elongate. 

 Eyes piceous, not prominent, remote from the prothorax. Rostrum extend- 

 ing to the hind coxae. Aulenuaj much shorter than the body ; first joint 

 much longer than the head; second very much shorter than the first; 

 third shorter than the second ; fourth luteous, black at the tip, longer than 

 the second. Prothorax with a strongly-marked transverse furrow at some- 

 what before the middle; hind part thinly punctured; sides reflexed. 

 Metapectus bordered with white. Abdomen red above and along each side 

 and at the lip beneath. Legs slender ; fore i'emora beneath with two very 

 minute suliapical spines, Corium of the fore wings bright red, black 

 towards the base; membrane cinereous at the base. Length of the body 

 7i— 10 lines. 



a — c. Celebes. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq, 

 (/. Celebes. From Madame Ida Pf'eiffer's collection, 

 e. Celebes. From Mr. Wallace's collection, 



28. DiNDYMUS INTERMEDIUS, 



Mas. Niger, fusifortnis ; caput cyaneo-nigrum ; rostrum apieem versus 

 rufum, coxas posticas atlingens ; antenna, corpore breviores, articulo 

 4o luleo apieem versus nigra ; pectus et abdomen lutea, kvjus disco 

 postica nigra ; pedes lutei,femoribus libiisque poslicis nigris ; corium 

 luleum. 



Male. Black, fusiform. Head triangular, bluish black, smooth, 

 shining. Eyes piceous, slightly prominent, llostrum red towards the lip, 

 extending lo the hind coxce. Antennae rather shorter than the body ; fiist 

 joint much longer than the head; second much shorter than the first; 

 third rather shorter than the second ; fourth luteous, black towards the tip, 

 nearly as long as the first. Prothorax velvety, with a slight transverse 

 furrow near the hind border. Pectus and abdomen luteous ; hind pari of the 

 disk of the latter black. Legs luteous; hind femora and hind tibiae black, 

 the former luteous towards the base. Fore wings abbreviated ; corium 

 luteous. Length of the body 6^ liue.s. 



a. Mysol, From Mr, Wallace's collection. 



29. DiNDYMUS VARIUS. 



Mas et foem. Licte rufus, capile rostra an tennis prothorace antice pedi- 

 busque nigris ; rostrum segmenti \i ventratis margincm pasticum 

 ttttingens ; antenna; corpore breviores, articulo 4.0 alba apieem versus 

 nigra ; scuteltum basi nigrum ; pectus album, nigra trifasciatum ; 

 venter pallide testaccus ; membrana lurida. Var, /3. — Membrana 

 apieem versus nigra. Var. y. — Membrana nigra. Var. 5. — Scutellum 

 nigrum. Var. e. — Corium apud margiuem interiurem nigrum. 



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