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Geuus 6. STENOPIRATES. 

 Caput lanceolatum ; collum valde determinatum. Antennae filiforines. 



This genus is distinguished from Pirates and Prostemma by the 

 filiform antennas, and by the long neck, which forms a distinct segment. 

 In the first species the fore lobe of the prothorax is smooth as in Pro- 

 stemma, in the second it is furrowed like that of Pirates. 



1. Stenopirates colt.aris. 



Niyer, pubescens, longi-subfusifurmis, capile antico an tennis pedibusque 

 rufis ; caput lanceolatum, prolhoraci cequilongum ; antennae capile et 

 prothorace ad iinum paullo longiores ; alee anlicce basi et apud 

 costam rufce. 



Black, pubescent, elongate-subfusiform. Head in front, neck, rostrum 

 antennae and legs red. Head lanceolate, as long as the prothorax ; ante- 

 ocular part as long as the neck. Antennas a little longer than the head 

 and the prothorax together; first joint shorter than the ante-ocular head ; 

 second about four times as long as the first; third a little more than half 

 as long as the second ; fourth a little shorter than the third. Prothorax 

 convex ; fore lobe a little longer than the hind lobe. Scutellum not com- 

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

 length of the latter. Fore wings red at the base and along the costa. 

 Length of the body 2£ lines. 



a. North Hindostan. From Mr. Warwick's collection. 



2. SlENOPI RATES ANTHOCOROIDES. 



Piceus, longi-subfusiformis ; caput lanceolatum, prothorace. paullo 

 longius ; collum, rostrum, pedesque fulva ; prothoracis lobus anticus 

 postice sulcalus ; femora tibiccque anticce picea. 



Piceous, elongate-subfusiform. Head lanceolate, a little longer than 

 the prothorax ; ante-ocular part a little longer than the post-ocular. Neck, 

 rostrum and legs tawny. Antennae filiform, as long as the head and the 

 prothorax together; first joint as long as the ante-ocular head; second 

 much longer than the first ; third as long as the second ; fourth a little 

 longer than the third. Fore lobe of the prothorax a little longer than the 

 hind lobe ; hind part of the middle furrow very distinct. Scutellum Irian- 

 gular. Femora and fore tibiae piceous, the latter incrassated and clavate ; 

 fore tarsi very short. Length of the body 2 lines. 



a, b. Sierra Leone. From Mr. Foxcroft's collection. 



Genus 7. NABIS. 



Nabis, Lair. Gen. iii. 127. Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. Serv. Hist. Hem. 330. 

 Fieb. Eur. Hem. 159. Stal, Hem. Afr. iii. 41 — Reduviolus, Kirby, 

 Faun. Bor. Amer, Ins. 279 — Nabicula, Kirby, Faun. Bor. Amer. Ins. 

 281. 



