148 CATALOGUE OF 



and along each side of the hinder half and legs tawny. Head elonsate- 

 conical, longer than the fore lobe of the prothorax; ante-ocular part much 

 longer than the post-ocular. Antennae longer than the head and the pro- 

 thorax together ; first joint as Ions* as the ante-ocular head; second full 

 four times as long as the first; third as long as the second. Fore lohe of 

 the prothorax inure convex and much shorter than the hind lohe; longitu- 

 dinal furrows slight. Hind lobe with acute and prominent side angles. 

 Scutellum with three ascending spines. Tips of the tarsi and knees piceous. 

 Length of the body 12 lines. 



Closely allied to P. praedo, of which the head and the fore lobe of the 

 prothorax are black and the connexivum is wholly red. 



a. East Africa. Presented by Earl Russell. 



Genus 2. TETROXIA. 

 Tetroxia, Serv. Hist. Hem. 334. Stal, Hem. Afr. iii. 126. 



1. Tetroxia spinifera. 



Reduvius spinifer. Pal. Beauv. Ins. 15. Him. pi. 1, f. 4. St. Farg. et 

 Serv. Enc. Meth. x. 274 — Tetroxia spiuifera, Serv. Hist. Hem. 126. 

 Slat, Hem. Afr. iii. 126. 



Benin. 



2. Tetroxia Beauvoisii. 

 Beauvoisii, Frtne. Arch. Ent. ii. 311. 

 Gabon. 



Genus 3. SPINIGER. 



Spiniger, Burnt. Handb. Ent. ii. 234. Serv. Hist. Hem. 334. Stal, Slett. 

 Ent. Zeit. xx. 395. 



Prof. Stal divides this genus as follows: — 



A. Ridge on the fore border of the prothorax not or 

 slightly elevated. Second and third joints of the 

 tarsi nearly equally long, or the second longer 

 than the third. 



a. Side angles of the prothorax attenuated into a spine, 



straight or acute, not rounded. 

 * Side angles of the prothorax attenuated into a spine 



or tooth, which is sometimes small. 

 f Fore lobe of the prothorax with conical spines or with 

 tubercles of various size, all equally high, at least 

 not higher in the middle than on the sides. Spine 

 of the scutellum erect. Ante-ocular part of the 

 head longer than the post-ocular part. Fore 

 femora spinulose or granulated beneath, sometimes 

 hardly perceptibly so. Spongy furrow of the fore 

 tibia long. 



