HEMIPTERA HETEROPTERA. "i 
6. TIARODES JUNCTURUS. 
Mas. Luteus, longissime ovalis, subtus planus ; caput atrum, prothoracis 
lobo antico longius; antenne capite paullo longiores; prothoraeis 
lobus anticus lobo postico paullo brevior ; lobus posticus, scutellum et 
abdominis dorsum atra; venter apicem versus nigro fasciatus ; con- 
nexivum albido maculatum, 
Male. Luteous, very elongate-oval, smooth, shining. Head lanceo- 
late, deep black above, longer than the fore lobe of the prothorax and 
hardly half as broad; ante-ocular part more than thrice as long as the 
post-ocular. Antenne a little longer than the head; first and second joints 
thick; first a little shorter than the ante-ocular head; second more than 
twice as long as the first; third shorter than the first; fourth shorter than 
the third. Prothorax with a longitudinal excavation, which occupies the 
hind part of the fore lobe and the fore part of the hind lobe. Fore lobe a 
little shorter than the hind lobe, a prominent tubercle on each fore angle. 
Hind lobe, scutellum and dorsum of the abdomen deep black. Under side 
of the abdomen with variously-shaped black bands towards the tip; its disk 
and the pectus flat. Connexivum with whitish spots. Tibia, tarsi, tips of 
the four anterior tibi, apical half of the hind tibie and tarsi black. Fore 
wings deep black; a large round pure white spot near the base; veins 
cinereous-black. Length of the body 15 lines. 
a. P Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 
Genus 11. SALYAVATA. 
Salyavata, Serv. Hist. Hem. 349. 
This genus alone forms the Salyavatide of Serville. 
1. SaLYAVATA VARIEGATA, 
variegata, Serv. Hist. Hem. 350, pl. 6, f. 6. 
Cayenne. 
a. Para. Presented by G. Graham, Esq. 
b. Amazon Region. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 
Genus 12, PETALOCHIRUS. 
Petalocheirus, Pal. Beauv. Ins. 13—Petalochirus, Burm. Handb. Ent, ii. 
246. Serv. Hist, Hem. 377. Stal, Hem. Afr. iii. 144. 
Petalochirus and Holvtrichius (which latter is here included in 
Reduvius) constitute the Holotrichide, Serv. Hist. Hem. 376. 
Africa. 
Div. 1. 
A. Head with two spines behind the antenne. 
Platychiria, H.-Sch. Wanz. Ins. ix. 98. 
1. PETALOCHIRUS UMBROSUS. 
Platychiria umbrosa, H.--Sch. Wanz. Ins, ix. 126, pl. f. 945—Petalochirus 
umbrosus, Stal, Hem. Afr. iii. 145. 
a—e, Natal. From M. Gueinzius’ collection: 
