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9. Archimerus limeolatus, C. H. 418. 

 a. Mexico. Presented by E. P. Coffin, Esq. 



10. Archimerus muticus. 

 muticus, H.-Sch. Wanz. Ins. vi. 52, pi. 197, f. 612. 



Var.? Mas. Sordide cervinus ; caput et prothorax fuscescente univiltata ; 

 rostrum coxas anticas paullo superans ; antenna picece, corporis 

 dimidio paullo longiores, articnlis 3o 4oque obscure rufis ; prothorax 

 scaber, fuscescente quadrivittatus,laleribus crenulatis, angulis posticis 

 latissimis subprominulis valde rotundatis ; scutellum flavo trimacu- 

 latum ; abdominis lalera albido maculata ; venter piceus, teslaceo 

 oblique strigatus ; pedes ferruginei, femoribus posticis spinosis valde 

 incrassatis spina una valida sublus armalis, tibiis posticis subarcuatis 

 unispinosis apices versus dentatis. Var. /3. — Pedes nigri. 



Male. Dingy fawn-colour. Head and prothorax with a brownish 

 stripe. Eyes piceous, slightly prominent. Rostrum extending a little 

 beyond the fore coxae; tip black; first and third joints shorter than the 

 second and the fourth. Antennae piceous, setulose, a little more than half 

 the length of the body; joints from the first to the third successively 

 decreasing in length; third and fourth dark red ; fourth longer than the 

 third, shorter than the second. Prothorax scabrous, with four brownish 

 stripes, of which the inner pair are abbreviated in front and the outer pair 

 are marginal; sides straight, crenulated ; hind angles very broad, much 

 rounded, slightly prominent. Scutellum with three yellow more or less 

 connected spots. Abdomen with whitish spots along the sides, which 

 project a little beyond the fore wings; ventral segments piceous, each with 

 two oblique testaceous streaks. Legs ferruginous. Four anterior femora 

 beneath with a few minute spines and two large subapical spines. Hind 

 femora much incrassated, much shorter than the abdomen, with some rows 

 of very short stout spines and with one large spine beneath. Hind tibiae as 

 long as the hind femora, slightly curved, dentate beneath between a stout 

 middle spine and the tip. Membrane of the fore wings brown. Var. (3. — 

 Abdomen and legs black, excepting the pale marks of the former. Length 

 of the body 10 lines. 



a. Oajaca. From M. Salle's collection. 



b, c. Mexico. From Mr. Glennie's collection. 



11. Archimebus luridus, C. H. 417. 

 a, b. Honduras. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



12. Archimerus rubiginosus. 

 rubiginosus, H.-Sck. Wanz. Ins. vi. 83. 

 Georgia. 



