103 CATALOGUE OF 



scutellum • a large luteous spot in the disk of the memhrane. Length of 

 the body 8 lines. 



a. Columbia. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



b. Venezuela. From Mr. Birschell's collection. 



23. Pirates dimidiatus. 



Mas. Fulvus ; caput conicum, prolhoracis lobo antico paullo brevius ; 

 alee antica nigrce, albiclo biplagiala. 



Male. Tawny, elongate-subfusiform. Head conical, a little shorter 

 than the fore lobe of the prothorax ; ante-ocular part twice as long as the 

 post-ocular. First joint of the antennae as long as the ante-ocular head; 

 second more than twice as long as the first. Fore lobe of the prothorax 

 much longer than the hind lobe ; furrows hardly apparent, except the hind 

 part of the middle one. Scutellum elevated along each side, compressed 

 at the tip. Spongy furrow of the fore tibiae not more than one-third of the 

 leu»lh of the latter. Fore wings black; corium with a whitish patch 

 partly occupying the tip of the clavus, and with, a whitish apical patch. 

 Length of the body 8— 85- lines. 



a. Monte Video. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



b. ? From Mr. Children's collection. 



Div. 2. 



Callisphodrus, Stal. 



24. Pirates hamatus. 



, Sloll, Pun. f. 163— Reduvius himatus, Fabr. Sp. Ins. ii. 381; 

 Mant. Ins. u. 312 ; Ent. Syst.\v.203, Syst. Rhyn. 280— Reduvius 

 mutillarius.-Fatr. Syst. Rhyn. 280 — Callisphodrus hamatus, Stal, Hem. 

 Fabr. i. 121. 



v. Santarem. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 

 b. Santarem. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Div. 3. 

 Macrosandalus, Stal, Ofv. Vet. Ak. Fork, xxiii. 251, 259. 



25. Pirates scutellaris. 



Reduvius scutellaris, Fabr. Mant. Ins. ii. 313; Ent. Syst. iv. 207; Syst. 

 Rhyn. 279 — Pirates myrmecinus, Erichs. Schomb. Reis. Brit. Guiana, 

 iii. 6 13 — Macrosandalus scutellaris, Stal, Hem. Fabr. i. 122. 



Cayenne. 



a. P Columbia. From M. Goudot's collection. 



Var. ? Mas. Niger, fere linearis ; caput conicum, prothoracis lobo 

 antico cequilongum ; antennae capite breviores, arliculo 2o apicf fulvo, 

 3o Aoque incurvalis ; prothoracis margo anticus biluberculatus ; 

 scutelli spina apicalis alba, subascendens ; connexivum albo macu- 

 latum ; femora quutuor poaleriora basi albo vnifasciuta ; corium 

 strigis duabus maculisque duabus albis ; membrana litura angulata 

 cinerea. 



