114 CATALOGUE OF 



Div. 3. 

 Sirtbenea, Spin. 



63. Pirates apicalis. 



Rasahus apicalis, Sgnt. A. S. E. F. 4me Se"r. ii. 125— Sirlhenea apicalis, 

 Stal, Ofv. K. V. Ak. Fork, xxiii. 252. 



Cocbin Cbina. 



Div. 4. 



Spilodermus, Slal, Hem. Fabr. i. 122. 



64. Pirates quadrinotatus. 



Reduvius quadrinotatus, Fabr. Ent. Syst. Suppl. 544; Syst. Rhyn. 277 — 

 Peirates biguttatus, Dohrn. Ent. Zeit. xxi. 407 — Spilodermus quadri- 

 notatus, Slal, Hem. Fabr. i. 122. 



Hindostan. Ceylon. 



65. Pirates Cumingt. 



Rasabus Cumingi, Dohrn, Slelt. Ent. Zeit. xxi. 407— Sirtbenea Cumingi, 

 Stal, Ofv. K. V. Ak. Fork, xxiii. 252. 



Ceylon. 



66. Pirates Sinensis. 



Mas et foem. Niger, linearis; caput conicum, prolhoracis lobo antico 

 vix brevius ; prothoracis lobus posticus rufo-piceus ; corium vitta 

 subcostali abbreviala lutea,strigis duabus plagaque exleriore alris. 



Male and female. Black, linear, narrow, thinly hairy, slightly shining. 

 Head conical, almost as long as the fore lobe of the prothorax ; ante-ocular 

 part more than twice as long as the post-ocular. Antennae hardly as long 

 as the head and the prothorax together; first joint as long as the ante- 

 ocular head ; second very much longer than the first ; third a little shorter 

 than the second ; fourth as long as the second. Fore lobe of the prothorax 

 twice as long as the bind lobe; longitudinal furrows distinct. Hind lobe 

 reddish piceous. Legs moderately long and stout; furrow beneath the fore 

 tibiae nearly half as long as the latter. Corium with a luteous subcostal 

 abbreviated stripe, which is connected with a deep black streak and with 

 an exterior deep black patch ; a little deep black streak at the base of the 

 inner border. Length of the body 6 lines. 



A hind leg of one of the specimens described is ferruginous and shorter 

 than the other. 



a, b. Hong Kong. Presented by J. C. Bowring, Esq. 



67. Pirates adjunctus. 



Mas. Niger; caput longi-conicum ; antenna capite et prolhorace ad 

 unum longiores ; spina pectoralis fulva ; pedes fulvi ; corium basi 

 luteo oblique unistrigatum ; membrana luteo unipunctalum. 



