184 CATALOGUE OF 



Female. Black, fusiform, dull, shining beneath. Head fusiform, 

 much longer than the fore lobe of the prolliorax; ante-ocular part shorter 

 than the post-ocular. Antennae more than halt' as long as the body ; first 

 joint much longer than the ante-ocular head ; second rather longer than 

 the first. Fore lobe of the prolliorax as long as the hind lobe; furrows 

 distinct; fore angles prominent, slightly acute. Hind lobe with a broad 

 strongly-marked furrow. Scutellura compressed and slightly ascending at 

 the tip. Abdomen keeled beneath. Fore femora slighily thickened. 

 Middle tibiae furrowed beneath for one-third of the length, slightly dilated 

 at the tips. Corium with a quadrate luleous spot and three luteous dots 

 at the base, and with an elongated luteous costal spot near the tip. 

 Membrane with luteous-bordered veins. Length of the body 8| lines. 



a. Columbia. From Mr. Turner's collection. 



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12. Rkdovius xanthospilus. 



Fcein. Niger, fusiformis; caput prothoracis lobo antico multo longius ; 

 antenna corporis dimidio longiores; prothoracis lobus anticus valde 

 sulcatus, lobo paullo brevior ; scutellum apicem versus spiniforme, 

 subascendens ; venter basi carina lus ; tarsi fulvi ; ales anticce macula, 

 fascia interrupta in for mi slrigaque lutein. 



Female. Black, fusiform, dull, shining beneath. Head fusiform, 

 much longer than the fore lobe of the prolliorax; ante-ocular part rather 

 shorter than the post-ocular. Antennae more than half as long as the 

 body; first joint much longer than the ante-ocular head; second much 

 longer than the first ; third rather shorter than the second. Fore lobe of 

 the prolliorax a little shorter lhan the hind lobe; furrows strongly marked; 

 fore angles prominent, slightly acute. Hind lobe with a strongly-marked 

 furrow, which does not extend to the hind border. Scutellum ending in a 

 slightly ascending spine. Abdomen keeled beneath towards the base. 

 Furrow beneath the four anterior libiaa not more than one-third as long as 

 the latter. Tarsi tawny. Fore wings wilh a luleous spot on the inner 

 border near the base, with an interrupted and irregular luleous middle 

 band, and with a luteous streak in the disk of the membrane. Length of 

 the body 6g- lines. 

 a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



13. Reduvius signatus. 



Mas. Niger, fusiformis ; caput prothoracis lobo antico longius ; antenna 

 corporis dimidio longiores ; prothoracis lobus anticus sulcatus lobo 

 postico paullo brevior; scutellum apicem versus compressum, sub- 

 ascendens ; venter carinalus ; aim anticce plaga lulea valde producta. 



Male. Black, fusiform, dull, shining beneath. Head fusiform, rather 

 longer lhan ihe fore lobe of the prothorax ; ante-ocular part a little shorter 

 than the post-ocular. Antennae more than half as long as the body; first 

 joint rather longer than the ante-ocular head ; second much longer than 

 the first. Fore lobe of the prothorax a little shorter than the hind lobe ; 

 furrows well defined; fore angles prominent, acute. Hind lobe with a 

 distinct furrow, which does not extend to the hind border. Scutellum 

 compressed and slightly ascending at the tip. Abdomen keeled beneath. 



