HEMIPTERA HETEROPTERA. 103 



Male. Black, nearly linear. Head conical, as long as the fore lobe 

 of the prothorax; ante-ocular part much longer than the post-ocular. 

 Antennae somewhat shorter than the body; first joint longer than the ante- 

 ocular head; second tawny at the lip, more than twice as long as the 

 first; third and fourth curved; third shorter than the second; fourth a 

 little shorter than the second. Fore lobe of the prothorax nearly twice as 

 long as the hind lobe; hind part of the middle furrow dilated and strongly 

 marked; a tubercle on each side of the fore border. Scutellum with a 

 white slightly ascending apical spine. Connexivum with white spots. 

 Legs slender; fore coxae while beneath towards the tips; four hinder 

 femora with a white band near the base', knees whitish; spongy furrow of 

 the fore tibia? full half the length of the latter. Fore wings with four white 

 marks; a streak on the inner border before the middle, near and parallel to 

 a streak in the disk ; a transverse white spot near the inner border; an 

 exterior subcostal white dot; an angalar cinereous mark in the membrane. 

 Hind wings cinereous. Length of the body 5 lines. 



a. Santarem. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Female. Elongate-fusiform. Membrane with, a large apical white 

 spot. Length of the body 5^ lines. 



o. Guatemala. From M. Deby's collection. 



Dir. 4. 



Sirthenea, Spin. 



26. Pirates stria. 



Reduvius stria, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iv. 201 ; Syst. Rhyn. 276 — Sirthenea 

 stria, Stal, Hem. Fabr. i. 120. 



Cayenne. 



a, b. Brazil. 



c. Bio Janeiro. Presented by J. P. G. Smith, Esq. 



d. Columbia. From M. Goudot's collection. 



e. Pernambuco. Presented by — Spoouer, Esq. 

 /. Brazil. From Mr. Argent's collection. 



g. Rio Janeiro. Presented by — Busk, Esq. 

 h. Deruerara. From Mr. Children's collection. 



27. Pirates Amazonus. 

 Sirthenea Amazona, Stal, Ofv. K. V. Ak. Forh. xxiii. 252. 



a. Amazon Region. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



b. Amazon Regiou. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



28. Pirates flavipes. 



Rasahus flavipes, Stal, Ofv. K. V. Ak. Fork. xii. 187 — Sirthenea flavipes, 

 Stal, Ofv. K. V. Ak. Forh. xxiii. 252; xxvii. 692. 



Brazil. 



