HEMIPTERA HETEROPTERA. 179 



longer than the head and ihe prothorax together; first joint longer than 

 the ante-ocular head ; second more than thrice as long as the first, yellow 

 at the base. Fore lobe of the prothorax with six luteous spines, very much 

 shorter than the hind lobe, which has a long luteous spine on each hind 

 angle. Scutelhtm with an obliquely ascending luteous spine. Legs long, 

 slender; femora yellow, black and with a yellow band towards the lip; 

 tibiae with a yellow band towards the base; hind tibiae yellow. Length of 

 the body 9£ lines. 



a. Australia. Presented by the Entomological Club. 



Div. 2. 

 Sphedanocoris, Slal, Ofv. K. Vet. Ak. Fork, xxiii. 240. 



64. ACANTHASPIS SABULOSA. 



Acanthaspis sabulosa, Slal, A. S. E. F. Ame Ser. iii. 52 — Sphedanocoris 

 sabulosa, Slal, Ofv. K. Vet. Ak. Fork, xxiii. 241. 



a. Australia. 



Div. 3. 



65. Acanthaspis varians. 

 Cerilocus? varians, Slal, A. S. E. F. Ame Ser. iii. 54. 

 a. Australia. Presented by tbe Earl of Derby in 1844. 



Country unknown. 

 66. Acanthaspis picina. 

 picina, Stal, A. S. E. F. Ame Sir. iii. 49. 

 a, b. — — — ? From Mr. Vigors' collection. 



Genus 5. REDUVIUS. 

 Reduvius, Fair. Syst. Rhyn. Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. 234. Serv. Hist. 

 Hem. 337. Fieb. Hem. Eur. 42. 



Prof. Stal arranges the group of which R. persouatus is the type as 

 follows : — 



A. Legs wholly brown. - 1. personatus, Lin. 2. villosus, Fabr. 



B. Legs pale or with pale bands. 



a. All the femora brown or blackish brown at the lips. 



Furrow of ihe fore tibia? about one-third or more 

 than a third as long as the latter. 

 * All the femora brown or tinged therewith in the middle. 3. nigricans, 

 Klug. A. nigrofuscus, Slal. 5. larsatus, Germ. 6. annulalus, Slal. 

 ** Femoia neither brown nor tinged with brown in the 

 middle, pale beyond the middle. Connexivum pale, 

 with brown spots. - - - .7. nebulosus, Klug. 



b. Legs pale ; hind femora sometimes blackish at the tips. 



