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Africa. 



A. Spongy furrow of the fore tibia? extending distinctly 

 beyond their middle. 



a. Legs and the border of the abdomen dingy yellowish. 



* Hind lobe of the prothorax dingy yellowish. - dichrous. 

 ** Hind lobe of the prothorax black. 



f Fore wings with various black marks. - - elegans. 



f-f Fore wings without various black marks. 



J Antennae pale. - xanthopus. 



J[ Antennae black. - maculicrus. 



b. Legs black. 



* Membrane yellowish or dingy whitish at the base. - cruciger. 

 ** Membrane in colour as elsewhere at the base, some- 

 times with a whitish spot before the middle. 



f Fore wings brown. ... - quadrimaculatus. 



ff Fore wings black. ----- feuestratus. 



15. Furrow of the fore tibiae extending to their middle or 

 hardly so far. 



a. Legs black. 



* Membrane with no pale spot. - lugubris. 

 ** Membrane with a pale spot. - manrus. 



b. Legs yellow. - planus. 



Div. 1. 

 Ectomocoris, Mayr. 



41. Pirates dichrous. 



Pirates dichrous, Stal, Hem. Afr. iii. 116 — Ectomocoris dichrous, Stal, 

 Ofv. K. V. Ak. Forh. xxiii. 256. 



Senegal. 



42. Pirates xanthopus. 



xanthopus, Schaum, Bericht Kongl. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berl. 1853, 358; 

 Peters, Reise Nat. Mozamb. iii. 47. Stal, Hem. Afr. iii. 116. Ecto- 

 mocoris xanthopus, Stal, Ofv. K. V. Ak. Forh. xxiii. 256. 



Guinea. Mozambique. 



43. Pirates maculicrus. 



Pirates maculicrus, Frme. Arch. Ent. ii. 309. Stal, Hem. Afr. iii. 117 — 

 flavopustulatus, Stal, Ofv. K. Vet. Ak. Forh. xv. 442 — Ectomocoris 

 maculicrus, Stal, Ofv. K. V. Ak. Forh. xxiii. 256. 



a. Sierra Leoue. Presented by the Rev. F. D. Morgan. 



Div. 2. 

 Ectomocoris, Mayr, Stat, Hem. Fabr. i. 121. 



44. Pirates cruciger. 



Reduvius cruciger, Fabr. Syst. Rhyn. 270 — Pirates cruciger, Stal, Hem. 

 Afr. iii. 117 — Ectomocoris cruciger, Stal, Ofv. K. V. Ak. Forh. xxiii. 



