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3. Reduvius tabidus. 



R. (Opsiccetus) tabidus, King, Symb. Phys. pi. 19, f. 4— Reduvius pallidus, 

 Slal, Ofv. K. V. Ak. Fork. xii. 88. 



South Russia. Alexandria: 



Div. 2. 



Holotrichius, Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. 247. Serv. Hist. Hem. 376. Fieb. 

 Eur. Hem. 42, 156. 



4. Reduvius maurus. 



Reduvius maurus, Fabr. Syst. Rhyn. 280. H.-Sch. Warn. Ins. vii. 14, 

 pi. 221, f. 692— Holotrichius Cyrilli, Costa, A. S. E. F. x. 283, pi. 6, 

 f. 2 — Hololrichius maurus, Fieb. Eur. Hem. 156, 387 — Holotrichius 

 denudatus, Costa, A.S.E. F. x. 24, pi. 6, f. 1. Serv. Hist. Hem. 377— 

 Fieb. Eur. Hem. 156. 



Italy. Greece. South Russia. North Africa. 



5. Reduvius tenebrosus. 



Holotrichius tenebrosus, Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. 248. Fieb. Eur. Hem. 156, 

 387 — Reduvius Laporteinus, Brulte, Exp. Mor. 79, pi. 31, f. 5 — 

 Holotrichius Laportei, Fieb. Eur. Hem. 156. 



Greece. 



North America. 



6. Reduvius pungens. 



pungens, Le Conte, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil. vii. 404 — personatus, var. ? 

 Georgia. 



Mexico. 



The two following species belong to two sections of the genus, as is 

 apparent by the comparative difference in length of ibe ante-ocular part of 

 the head. R. signiler much resembles R. personatus in structure. 



7. Reduvius guttatus. - ' 



Fcem. Niger, longi-ovalis, pubescens ; caput prothoracis lobo antico cequi- 



longurn ; antenna setulosce, graiillimtc, capite el prothorace ad unum 



paullo longiores ; prothoiax scaber, lobis aquilongis ; lobus posticus 



luteo bigullalus ; connexivum luteo macutatum ; pedes pilosi,femoribus 



anlicis vix incrassatis ; alee anticce luteo trigultatce el unistrigalae. 



Female. Black, elongate-oval, pubescent, smooth and shining beneath. 



Head fusiform, as long as the fore lol>e of the prothoiax ; ante-ocular part 



much longer than the post-ocular. Antenna? setulose, very slender, a little 



longer than the head and the pro thorax together; first joint a little shorter 



than the ante-ocular head; second about six times as long as the first; 



third about one-fourth as long as the second. Prothoiax scabious, with 



rounded and not prominent angles. Fore lobe as long as the hind lobe. 



