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orest, and its pale rufous tibiae, strongly contrast with the femoral 

 color 



The upper right figure of the plate. 



Eeduvius crassipes. — Specific character. Blackish; thorax 

 and abdomen margined with reddish ; feet thick. 



Reduvius crassipes Fabr., Syst. Rhyng. p. 273. 



Desc. Body villous ; posterior lobe bituberculate : thorax mar- 

 gined all around with red ; anterior lobe with a triangular central 

 indentation ; scutel with a red band beyond the middle : heme- 

 lytra with a reddish humerus ; coriaceous portion with two or 

 three obsolete reddish points at tip ; membranaceous portion 

 much deeper black ; tergum with red triangular spots on the 

 incisures at the lateral margin : pectus with a spot above the in- 

 sertion of each foot, and coxse red : venter margined each side 

 with red. 



Obs. This species was obtained by Bosc, in Carolina, and was 

 described from his collection by Fabricius. I found the specimen 

 in Arkansaw. 



The lower right figure. 



Eeduvius spissipes. — Specific character. Thorax and he- 

 melytra light reddish-brown, edged behind with whitish ; feet 

 thick. 



Reduvius sjnssipes nobis, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. vol. iv. p. 328. 



Desc. Head black, posterior lobe with two tubercles : thorax 

 light reddish-brown ; anterior lobe with dilated, black, oblique, or 

 arcuated lines, of which some are confluent ; posterior lobe hardly 

 more elevated than the preceding, with a black posterior sub- 

 margin, and white posterior margin ; scutel black, margined with 

 white, and tipped by a few hairs : hemelytra, coriaceous portion 

 light reddish-brown, with a narrow whitish posterior margin; 

 membranaceous portion black, or dark fuscous ; feet thickened, 

 black, hairy; coxae bright red: abdomen black; margin and band 

 on each segment, white. 



Ohs. The species here described, is very closely allied to the 

 crassipes. It occurred in some plenty in Arkansaw. 



The lower left figure. 



Reduvius raptatorius. — Specific characters. Obscure 

 brownish: head, thorax, and anterior feet spinous; the latter 

 raptatory. 



