HEMIPTERA HETEROPTERA. 



101 



X X Tibiae red. ------ 



§§$ Fore wings with an inner stripe. - - - 



§§§$ Corium testaceous, varied with black. 

 Iff Fore wings witb no marks. - 



*** Head short. 



f Fore lobe of the prothorax much longer than the 



bind lobe. 

 J Fore femora mucb incrassated. - 

 JJ: Fore femora hardly incrassated. - - - 



ft Fore lobe of the prothorax not much longer than the 



hind lobe. - 



b. Body ceneous. - - - _ - 



B. Fore wings very short. .... 



indecisus. 



viltifer. 



megaspilus. 



morio. 



dimidiatus. 

 lepidus. 



minusculus. 



oeneus. 



picicornis. 



South America. 

 Div. I. 



Sphodrocoris, Stal. 



21. Pirates maculipennis. 



Reduvius maculipennis, St. Farg. et Serv. Enc. Milh. x. 276— Peirates 

 maculipennis, Serv. Ann. Sci. Nat. 1831, 8. Stal, Rio Jan. Hem. 69. 

 Pirates m;iculipennis, Serv. Hist. Hem. 325. Sphodrocoris maculi- 

 pennis, Stal, O/v. K. V. Ak. Forh. xxiii. 261. 



a. Brazil. 



b. Brazil. Presented by J. P. G. Smith, Esq. 



c. Para. Presented by G. Graham, Esq. 



d. Brazil. From Mr. Children's collection. 



e. Columbia. From M. Goudol's collection. 

 /. Bolivia. From Mr. Bridges' collection. 



22. Pirates concistjs. 



Mas. Niger; caput longi-conicum ; antenna capile et prothoraee ad 

 unurn breviores ; sculrlli spina fermginea ; femora quatuor pnsleriora 

 basi testacea ; tibia: anticce sublus fulvce ; corium Lasi albido uni- 

 slrigulum ; membrana luleo unimaculala. 



Male. Black, setulose,elong;ite-subfusifoim. Head elongate-conical; 

 ante-ocular part about twice as long as ihe post-ocular; a curved trans- 

 verse funow in front of ihe two hind ocelli. Rostrum extending to the fore 

 coxae ; second joint much longer than the otbeis. Antennae shorter than 

 the head and the prothorax together; first joint about half as long as 

 the second ; third a little shorter than the second; fourth longer than the 

 second. Fore lobe of the prothorax with seven furrows ; middle one 

 enlarged hindward ; inner pair parallel; the two oilier pairs oblique; 

 middle pair abbreviated hindward. Hind lobe less than half as long as 

 the fore lobe. Scutellutn concave in the disk, ending in a ferruginous 

 spine. Abdomen with testaceous spots along each side. Fore coxae testa- 

 ceous towards the tips. Four hinder femora testaceous at the base. Fore 

 tibiae tawny beneath; spongy furrow very long. Fore wings with a whitish 

 streak along the inner border of the curium from the base to the lip of the 



