542 REDUVINA. 



Dull, black, densely clothed with short, yellowish-gray, appressed 

 hairs ; abdomen beneath, yellowish-brown ; some of the hairs 

 fine, long, projecting, brownish. 



Head ; in the centre and round the eyes a whitish line. Antennae 

 light brown, with scarcely perceptible, short, whitish hairs ; 1st, 

 2nd, and 4th joints at the apex, 6th, 7th, and 8th entirely, darker, 

 2nd and 4th with a few projecting, long, brown hairs. Eyes black, 

 smooth, shining. Ocelli red. Rostrum; 1st joint brown, 2nd and 

 3rd black. 



Thorax. Pronotum with distant, erect, long, brown hairs ; the 

 furrows on the anterior portion black, shining ; sides with a dark 

 line extending to the hinder angles. Scutellum ; sides black, apex 

 yellowish. Elytra reaching only to the middle of the 3rd abdo- 

 minal segment, lying on the abdomen, but not nearly so wide; 

 anterior margin slightly sinuate ; Membrane contorted, very shining, 

 yellowish-fuscous, reaching but little beyond the apex of the corium ; 

 nerves black. Sternum black ; Metasternum yellowish. Legs with 

 short, whitish hairs, and long,f projecting, black hairs ; fhiglis yellow- 

 brown, with blackish rings, and black on the inner side, in a long, 

 stripe ; tilicB brown, blackish on the 1st 3rd, base and a ring near 

 it yellowish ; tarsi yellow-brown, end of the 3rd joint and the claws, 

 black. 



Abdomen above (by reason of the stout hairs) yellowish-gray, at 

 the sides of each segment a black spot, surrounded by a yellowish 

 ring ; Connexivum ; anterior -J- of each segment black, posterior ^ 

 yellow : underside yellowish-brown, more or less mottled with 

 black spots ; the hairs long, yellowish. 



Length, 4 5 lines. 



Taken in dry sandy places in July, August, and September, under 

 the shelter of heather, furze, and other bushes ; Weybridge, Ad- 

 dington Hills, Deal, &c. The insects, if handled, give out a delicate 

 odour like that of ripe pears. 



Genus 4. REDUVITJS, Fab. 



Elliptic. 



Head elongate, very broad across the eyes, deflected thence to the 

 base, behind the eyes nearly cylindrical, being but little narrowed to 



