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CATALOGUE OF 



Genus 19. HIRILCUS. 



Slal, Stett. Ent. Zeit. xxiii. 274. Ofv. K. V. Ak. Forh. 1867, 

 Hem. Fabr. 42. 



border of the protborax bidentate. 



femora tuberculate above. ... variolosus. 



femora smooth above, 

 tibiae partly pale. 



angles of the protborax rounded, not prominent. gracilis, 



angles of the prothorax acute, rather prominent. collaris. 



tibia; wholly piceous. - granosus. 



border of the prothorax not bidentate. 

 tibiae darker than the body, pale about the 

 iddle. ----.- crassipes. 



tibiae black towards the base. 



femora tuberculate above. ... tinctus. 



femora not tuberculate above. ... pallens. 



tibiae wholly red. .... pallidus. 



1. Hirilcus crassipes. 



Lygaeus crassipes, Fabr. Sysl. Rhyn. 214 — Hirilcus crassipes, Stal, Hem. 

 Fabr. i. 41. 



Brazil. 



2. HlBILCUS VARIOLOSUS. 



Meropachys variolosus, Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. 323. 

 Brazil. 



3. Hirilcus gracilis. 

 Meropachys gracilis, C. H. 422. 



a, b. Brazil. From Mr. Children's collection. 



c. Brazil. From Mr. Mornay's collection. 



d. Brazil. 



/. Monte Video. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 

 g. Rio Janeiro. Presented by the Rev. H. Clark. 

 A. Tejuca. Presented by the Rev. H. Clark. 



4. Hirilcus granosus, C. H. 422. 



a, b. Brazil. From Mr. Mornay's collection. 



c, d. Rio Janeiro. Presented by the Rev. H. Clark. 



e — g. Brazil. 



5. Hirilcus tinctus. 



Mas. Ferrugineus ; antennae rnfce, corpore multo breviores, ariiculo 4o 

 luleo ; prothorax scaber, piceo subtriviltatus, angiitis posticis rolun- 

 datis non prominulis ; femora postica incrassata, nigra tuberculata, 

 snbtns apices versus dentata et spinosa ; tibim postica subarcuatce, 

 subdilatata, testaceo latissime unifasciata? ; alee anticce nigricantes, 

 fulvo venosa, membrana aneo-fusca. 



