

HEM1PTERA UETEROPTERA. 105 



Female. Black, smooth, shining, elongate-fusiform, slightly setulose. 

 Head conical; ante-ocular part tawny at the tip, much longer than the 

 post-ocular; a transverse curved furrow in front of the two hind ocelli. 

 Rostrum extending to the fore coxa? ; second joint much longer than the 

 others. Antennae ferruginous, setulose, a little longer than the head and 

 the prothorax together; first joint black, much shorter than the second ; 

 third shorter than the second ; fourth longer than the second. Fore lobe 

 of the prothorax with seven furrows; middle one enlarged hindward; 

 inner pair parallel; the two other pairs oblique; middle pair abbreviated 

 hindward. Hind lobe about half the length of the fore lobe. Scutellum 

 with a transverse furrow ; apical part forming a tawny spine. Abdomen 

 with whitish spots along each side. Legs tawny, setose ; femora black; 

 four hinder femora tawny towards the base; tibia? piceous towards the tips; 

 spongy furrow of the fore tibiae nearly half the length of the latter. Fore 

 wings brown; a whitish forked sireak along the inner bonier of the corium 

 and a large rounded whiiish spot in the membrane, which is broadly 

 cinereous along its iuner border. Length of the body 7 lines. 



a. ? 



33. Pirates lepidus. 



Mas. Cyaneo-niger, fere linearis ; caput subellipticum ; antenna capite 

 el prolhorace ad unum paullo breviores, arliculis \o et 2o testaceis ; 

 abdomen rufum, apice nigrum; femora qualuor anteriora ex parte 

 fulva; ala? antiem alba, nigro unistrigata et unimaculata, fusco 

 bivitlala? et unilituratce, rufo unistrigatce. 



Male. Bluish black, smooth, shining, narrow, setulose, nearly linear. 

 Head convex, subelliptical, with a transverse furrow on the vertex; post- 

 ocular part a little longer than the ante-ocular. Rostrum extending to the 

 fore coxae ; second joint much longer than the others. Antenna? black, a 

 little shorter than the head and the prothorax together; first and second 

 joints testaceous; second more than twice the length of the first; third 

 shorter than the second ; fourth as long as the third. Fore lobe of the 

 prothorax concave in the middle of the hind part, about twice the length of 

 the hind lobe, which is much rounded on each side. Mesopectus keeled. 

 Abdomen red, black towards the tip. Legs black; four anterior femora 

 thickened, partly tawny; four anterior tibiae clavate; spongy furrow of the 

 fore tibia? nearly half their length. Fore wings white; a short black streak 

 extending from the base along the hind border; a large round black spot 

 in the disk beyond the middle, connected with two exterior brown stripes; 

 a brown transverse mark between the basal streak and the spot; a bright 

 red streak along the middle part of the costa. Hind wings pellucid, 

 brownish towards the tips. Length of the body b\ lines. 



a. Para. From Mr. Hewitson's collection. 



34. Pirates biplagiatus. 



Mas. Niger; caput longi~conicum,prol/wracis lobo anlico aquilongum } 

 antenna capite et prolhorace ad unum longiores ; connexivum jlavo- 

 maculalum ; pedes picei,fetnoribus qualuor posterioribus jlaro uni- 

 fascialis ; alee anlicce atra, slriga basali flava, plaga discali 

 macidaque apicali luleis. 



