HEMIPTERA HETEROPTERA. 121 



Female. Black, nearly linear, wilh cinereous tomentum. Head 

 conical, a little shorter than the fore lobe of the prothorax; ante-ocular 

 part rather longer than the post-ocular. Antenna? slender, rather longer 

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

 ocular head ; second very much longer than the first ; third as long as the 

 second; fourth a little longer than the second. Prothorax, scutellum and 

 basal half of the corium red. Fore lobe of the prothorax almost twice as 

 long as the hind lobe ; longitudinal furrows distinct. Connexivuin with 

 white spots. Legs moderately long and slender; coxae at the lips and 

 femora at the base white ; furrow beneath the fore tibia? nearly half as 

 long as the latter. Membrane white at the base and wilh a large round 

 subapical white spot. Var. (3. — Fore lobe of the prothorax black. Length 

 of the body 5^ lines. 



a. Silhet. Presented by J. C. Bowling, Esq. 



b. Lombok. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



80. Pirates naboides. 



Fcem. Teslaceus, sublinearis, sublus fusco conspersus ; caput nigricans, 

 subelliplicum, protkoracis lobo anlico paullo brcvius ; prothoracis 

 lobus anlicus fusco viltatus ; femora antica valde incrassata ; alee 

 aniicce pallide fuscce. 



Female. Testaceous, nearly linear. Head and antenna? blackish. 

 Head subelliptical, a little shorter than the fore lobe of the prothorax ; 

 ante-ocular part much longer than the post-ocular. Antenna? setaceous, 

 not longer than the head and the prothorax together; first joint a little 

 shorter than the ante-ocular head ; second about four times as long as the 

 first ; third almost as long as the first ; fourth as long as the third. Pro- 

 thorax with rounded and not prominent angles. Fore lobe with some 

 irregular brown stripes, about twice as long as the hind lobe. Scutellum 

 ending in a short horizontal spine. Abdomen beneath and legs speckled 

 with brown. Fore femora much incrassated. Fore wings pale brown. 

 Length of the body 5£ lines. 



a. Hindostan. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



81. Pirates bipuxctatus. 



Reduvius bipunctatus, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iv. 203; Syst. Rhyn. 278 — Pirates 

 hybridus, Slal, Hem. Fabr. i. 120. 



Hindostan. 



82. Pirates Singalensis. 

 Peirates Singalensis, Dohm, Stett. Ent. Zeit. xxi. 408. 

 Ceylon. 



83. Pirates Sinicus. 



Fcem. Niger, fusiformis ; caput prothoracis lobo antico paullo brevius ; 

 antennae capile et prothorace ad unum mullo longiores ; femora antica 

 crassa ; alee aniicce picecs. 



Female. Black, fusiform, slightly shining. Head fusiform, a little 

 shorter than the fore lobe of the prothorax ; ante-ocular part a little longer 



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