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Vol. 97 Washington: 1947 on No. 3217 
NOTES ON SOME ASSASSIN BUGS OF THE GENUS 
ZELURUS FROM THE COLLECTIONS OF THE lS 
STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 
By Herman Lent? and Petr Wyrcopzinsxy ” 
Turovucu the kindness of Dr. Reece I. Sailer, of the United States 
Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine, we were given the 
opportunity of examining a small collection of assassin bugs of the 
genus Zelurus Hahn, 1826 (Spiniger auct.) from Central and South 
America. Three species new to science are described herein, and addi- 
tional morphological notes and locality records of other species are 
given. We would welcome any additional material of this genus for 
study. 
ZELURUS THORACICUS (Lepeletier and Serville, 1825) 
1 ¢, Vicosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil, collected by B. J. Hambleton on December 
11, 1930. 
ZELURUS CIRCUMCINCTUS (Hahn, 1835) 
1 ¢,1 2, Barro Colorado Island, Panama, Canal Zone, collected at light, in 
May 1941, James Zetek No. 4798, Lot No. 41—11389. 
ZELURUS COXALIS (Stal, 1859) _ 
1 2, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Uhler det. Spiniger limbatus, Uhler collection. 
ZELURUS STILLATIPENNIS (Stil, 1859) 
1 ¢, So Paulo, Brazil, collected by H. L, Parker. 
1 Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 
2 Instituto de Ecologia e Experimentacio Agricola, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 
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