38 CATALOGUE OF 



3. ACINOCOBIS BILINEATUS. 



Mas. Niger, ellipticus, cinereo lomenlosiis ; rostrum segmentum ium 

 ventrale atlingens ; antennce corpore mullo breviores ; prolhorax 

 lateribus margineque poslico luleis ; venter Inleo macutariter 

 bivitlalus; pedes lulei, feynoribus nigro notatis, tibiis basi nigris ; 

 corium costa pallide Icslacea, linea discali lulea ; membrana cinereo 

 ienuiter marginata, 

 Male, Black, elliptical, punctured, with cinereous tomentum. Head 

 triangular. Eyes very prominent. Rostrum exlending to the first ventral 

 segment. Anlennce much shorter than the body; iirst joint very much 

 longer than the head; second about half the length of the first; third 

 much shorter than the second ; fourth much longer than the second. Pro- 

 thorax with a strongly-marked middle furrow ; sides and hind border 

 luteous. Legs luteous; femora with some black marks ; tibia; black at the 

 base. Corium with a pale testaceous costa and vvilh an oblique luteous 

 line in the disk. Membrane wiih a narrow cinereous border. Length of 

 the body 4^ lines. 

 a. Demerara. Presented by F. Moore, Esq. 



4. ACINOCOEIS INCLUDENS. 



Mas. Niger, subfusiformis ; rostrum coxas intermedins atlingens; 

 antenna: corporis dimidio longiores ; prolhorax postice Jlavo trimacu- 

 latus ; venter vitlis duabus macularibus Jiavis ; femora tibiaque 

 Jlava, ilia nigra villata ; corium jiavo bivitlalum ; membrana albido 

 Ienuiter marginata. 

 Male. Black, subfusiform, somewhat roughly punctured. Head tri- 

 angular. Eyes very prominent. Rostrum exlending to the middle coxa:. 

 Antennae rather more than half the length of the body ; first joint longer 

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

 shorter than the second ; fourth a little shorter than the first. Prothorax 

 with a strongly-defined transverse furrow at a little in front of the middle; 

 a yellow spot on the hind border and one on each hind angle. Abdomen 

 beneath with two macular yellow stripes. Femora and tibiae yellow, the 

 former striped with black; fore femora beneath with a minute subapical 

 spine. Corium with a yellow costal stripe and a curved yellow stripe ia 

 the disk, joining the costa at each end ; membrane with a narrow whitish 

 border. Length of the body 4 lines. 



a, b. Cuenca. From Mr. Eraser's collection. 



Genus 17. THERANEIS. 



Theraneis, Spin. Ess. Hem. 181 — Theraneis et Stenomacra, Slal, K. Sv. 

 Vet. Ak. Handl. 1870, 97. 



1. Theraneis scapha. 



Lygaeus scapha, Perty, Del. An. Art. Bras. 172, pi, 34, f. 8 — Largus 

 incisus, H.-Sch. iVam. Ins. ix. 182, pi. 317, f. 981 — Stenomacra 

 scapha, Slal, K. Sv. Vet. Ak. Handl. 1870, 97. 



a. Brazil. 



