102 CATALOGUE OF 



scutellum ; a large luteous spot in the disk of the membrane. Length of 

 the body 8 lines. 



a. Columbia. Presented by W. \V. Saunders, Esq. 



b. Venezuela. From Mr. Birschell's collection. 



23. Pirates dimidiatus. 

 Mas. Fulvus ; caput conicum, prothoracis lobo anlico paullo brevius ; 

 al<e anticce nigra, albido biplagiala. 

 Male. Tawny, elongate-subfusiforra. Head conical, a little shorter 

 than the fore lobe of the prolhorax ; ante-ocular part twice as long as tbe 

 post-ocular. First joint of the antennae as Long as the ante-ocular head; 

 second more than twice as long as tbe first. Fore lobe of tbe prolhorax 

 much longer than tbe hind lobe ; furrows hardly apparent, except the bind 

 part of the middle one. Scutellum elevated along each side, compressed 

 at the tip. Spongy furrow of the fore tibia? not more than one-third of tbe 

 length of tbe latter. Fore wings black; corium with a whitish patch 

 partly occupying the tip of tbe clavus, and witb.a whitish apical patch. 

 Length of the body 8— 8^ lines. 



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



b. ? From Mr. Children's collection. 



Div. 2. 



Callisphodrus, Stal, 



24. Pirates hamatus. 



, Sloll, Pun. f. 163— Reduvius htmatus, Fabr. Sp. Ins. ii. 381; 



Mant. Ins. ii. 312 ; Ent. Syst.'w. 203 ; Sysl. Rhyn. 280— Reduvius 

 mutillarius, Fabr. Sysl. Rhyn. 280 — Callisphodrus hamatus, Stal, Hem. 

 Fabr. i. 121. 



v. Santarera. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 

 b. Santarera. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Div. 3. 

 Macrosandalus, Stal, Ofv. Vet. Ale. Fork, xxiii. 251, 259. 



25. Pirates scutellaris. 



Reduvius scutellaris, Fabr. Mant. Ins. ii. 313; Ent. Sysl. iv. 207; Syst. 

 Rhyn. 279 — Pirates mvrmecinus, Ericks. Sc/iomb. Reis. Brit. Guiana, 

 iii. 613 — Macrosaudalus scutellaris, Stal, Hem. Fabr. i. 122. 



Cayenne. 



a.P Columbia. From M. Goudot's collection. 



Var. ? Mas. Niger, fere linearis ; caput conicum, prothoracis lobo 

 anlico aquilongum ; antenna? capite breviores, articulo '2o apicp fulvo, 

 3o 4oque incurvatis ; prothoracis margo anticus biluberculatus ; 

 scutrlti spina apicalti alba, subascendens ; connexivum albo macu- 

 la turn ; femora quatuor postrriora basi albo unifasciula ; corium 

 strigis duabus muculisque duabus albis ; tnembrana lilura angulala 

 cinerea. 



