REDUVIDJS. 535 



Antenna longer than the body, very fine, filiform, 4-jointed ; 1st 

 and 2nd joints very long, elbowed at their junction; 3rd slightly 

 shorter than the 1st ; the 1st at the base and apex, and the 4th 

 throughout, slightly thicker. Eyes small, hemispherical, with distinct 

 facets. Ocelli 0. Rostrum very short, curved ; 1st joint thick, i 

 the length of the head, 2nd shorter, 3rd obconic. 



Thorax. Pronotum long-trapeziform, constricted before themiddle, 

 incrassated at the anterior angles, and as far back as the constric- 

 tion ; the central longitudinal furrow deep ; sides deflected, hinder 

 angles prominent, incrassated. Scutellum short, triangular, de- 

 pressed, ending with a short, erect spine, the base with a rounded 

 nodule, ending in an upturned spine. Elytra very long, narrowest 

 just beyond the base, then gradually widened ; nerves strong ; 

 Clavus very narrow ; Corium very narrow, prolonged on the anterior 

 margin as an incrassated lobe, which is widest and rounded at the 

 extremity ; Membrane reaching inside the corium as far as the clavus, 

 posteriorly very wide, apex rounded ; the base with a large, irre- 

 gular, nearly 6-sided cell, which occupies nearly the whole breadth ; 

 from its pointed apex a long nerve extends to the posterior margin. 

 Sternum; Prostermtm narrow, subdepressed, the 1st pair of coxae 

 inserted on its anterior angles ; Meso- and Metasternum convex, 

 with a slight channel down the centre. Legs ; 1st pair short, stout ; 

 coxce very long cylindrical ; thighs long-fusiform, with 2 rows of very 

 small, sharp teeth beneath, tibia shorter than the thighs ; 2nd and 

 3rd pairs of legs very long, slender, filiform (the 3rd pair longer 

 than the 2nd), thighs slightly thickened at base and 'apex, tilice 

 longer than the thighs ; tarsi short, 1st joint very small, 2nd and 

 3rd of equal length. 



Abdomen narrow at the base, gradually widened ; above flat, 

 beneath convex ; Connexivum broad, reflexed. Genital segments ; 

 in the $ beneath, the 1st forms a large trapezoidal plate, the nar- 

 rowest side behind; at its sides and posterior margin the 2nd is 

 barely visible ; the 3rd small and rounded, with horny forceps at 

 the sides; in the $ the segments are very short, 1, cleft in the 

 middle, lies over the other 2, which are only visible at the sides. 



