92 Mr. W. L. Distant’s descriptions of new 
will doubtless eventually necessitate the creation of a 
new genus for its reception. 
Aneurus flavomaculatus, n.sp., Dist. MS., in Whym. 
Trav. Great Andes, Append., p. 115, n. 19 (1892). 
Black; membrane with a large irregular dull ochraceous spot at 
base ; basal joint of the antenn short, very globosely incrassated, 
and not reaching apex of head; second and third joints subequal, 
apical joint very much the longest; pronotum with the anterior 
angles rounded, the lateral margins acutely sinuate near centre, 
lateral angles rounded. The head, pronotum, and scutellum are 
very coarsely punctate. Body beneath black, the cox and disk of 
abdomen castaneous. 
Long. 6 millim. 
Hab. HKastern slopes of Pichincha (12,000 ft.). 
Fam. REDUVIIDA. 
Subfam. STENOPODIN 2. 
Stenopoda scutellata, nu. sp., Dist. MS., in Whym. Tray. 
Great Andes, Append., p. 116, n. 23, woodcut (1892). 
Pale ochraceous ; eyes black; head with a central longitudinal 
fascia on basal third, interrupted at eyes and forked anteriorly ; 
pronotum with three central fascie, widened and fused posteriorly ; 
a shorter and narrower fascia on each side, and a narrow marginal 
line ; scutellum, excluding apex, a broad central streak to clavus— 
widened posteriorly—a basal spot and a larger and irregularly bifid 
central spot to membrane, a series of linear, marginal, and oblique 
spots to connexivum, irregular spots and markings to anterior 
femora, apices of intermediate and posterior femora, a central 
annulation to posterior femora, two broken annulations to tibize— 
one at and the other near base—apices of tibiz and tarsi, a mar- 
ginal line to prosternum, an oblique lateral line to meso- and meta- 
sternum, a submarginal fascia to abdomen, a series of spiracular 
spots and connexivum, with the markings as above, dark fuscous 
or blackish ; antennz with the basal joint pale ochraceous, with a 
broad central fuscous annulation; second joint fuscous, with a 
subapical pale annulation ; third joint ochraceous, remainder muti- 
lated; scutellum with a small suberect nodulosity on each side 
near base. 
Long. 20 millim. 
Hab. Guayaquil (indoors). 
