306 INSECTS OF LOUISIANA. 



A large species. The posterior tibise have considerable resem- 

 blance to Drury's figure of those of compressives F., but the pos- 

 terior angles of the thorax are much more dilated. 



REDUVIUS Fabr. 



R. pectoralis. — A complicated spine beneath the eye, and 

 a projecting spine on each side of the pectus before. 



Inhabits Indiana, Florida and Louisiana. 



Body dark cinereous : head spinous beneath, canaliculate 

 behind: antennae, first joint more robust; second joint a little 

 longer ; third shortest ; fourth nearly as long as the third ; be- 

 neath the eye a branched spine, behind which is a smaller one : 

 base of the head with four tubercles above, and spines each side ; 

 rostrum, first joint mnch longest; thorax with impressed lines, 

 somewhat canaliculate ; pectus before with two parallel, promi- 

 nent, somewhat arquated spines extending on each side of the 

 tip of the rostrum ; anterior pair of feet a little more robust : 

 [12] thighs obsoletely spotted and liueated : tibiae annulated : pos- 

 terior feet much longest. 



Length less than half an inch. 



When at rest the first joint of the antennas is porrect, and the 

 remaining joints inflected. 



ZELUS Fabr. 



Z. bilobus. — Yellowish ; thoracic spot, feet and base and tip 

 of the hemelytra black. 



Inhabits Georgia and Louisiana. 



Body yellowish, more or less tinged with fulvous : elongated : 



head elongated, immaculate : antennae : rostrum piceous 



on the second and third joints : thorax bilobate : anterior lobe 

 convex, with a longitudinal impressed line; posterior portion 

 with a black disk ; hemelytra black, with a yellowish band on the 

 tip of the corium, and humerus yellowish : feet black, long : post- 

 pectus with a blackish spot over the intermediate feet : coxae and 

 trochanters yellowish. 



Length over seven-tenths of an inch. 



This insect was sent to me by Oeniler of Savannah, and by 

 Mr. Barabino of Louisiana. 



It is a little like taurus Fabr., but is much larger and unarmed. 



