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Genus 6. STENOPIRATES. 



Caput lanceolatum ; collum valde determinatum. Antenna? filiforuies. 



This genus is distinguished from Pirates and Prostemma by the 

 filiform antenna?, and by the long neck, which forms a distinct segment. 

 In the first species the fore lobe of the prothorax is smooth as in Pro- 

 stemma, in the second il is furrowed like that of Pirates. 



I. Stenopirates colt.aris. 



Niyer, pubescens, longi-subfusiformis, capile antico antennis pedibusque 

 rufis ; caput lanceolatum, prothoraci cequilongum ; antenna capite et 

 prothorace ad unum paullo longiores ; ala anticce basi et, apud 

 costam rufcB. 



Black, pubescent, elongate-subfusiform. Head in front, neck, rostrum 

 antenna} and legs red. Head lanceolate, as long as ihe prothorax ; ante- 

 ocular part as long as the neck. Antennae a little longer than the head 

 and the prothorax together; first joint shorter than the ante-ocular head; 

 second about four times as long as the first; third a little more than half 

 as long as the second ; fourth a little shorter than the third. Prothorax 

 convex ; fore lobe a little longer than the hind lobe. Scutellum not com- 

 pressed. Spongy furrow of the fore tibia? not more than one-third of the 

 length of the latter. Fore wings red at the base and along the costa. 

 Length of the body 2\ lines. 



a. North Hindostan. From Mr. Warwick's collection. 



2. STENOPI RATES ANTHOCOROIDES. 



Piceus, longi-subfusiformis ; caput lanceolatum, prothorace paullo 

 longius ; collum, rostrum, pedesque fulva ; prothoracis lobus amicus 

 poslice sulcaius ; femora tibiceque anticce picea. 



Piceous, elongate-subfusiform. Head lanceolate, a little longer than 

 the prothorax ; ante-ocular part a little longer than the post-ocular. Neck, 

 rostrum and legs tawny. Antenna? filiform, as long as the head and the 

 prothorax together; first joint as long as the ante-ocular head; second 

 much longer than the first ; third as long as the second ; fourth a little 

 longer than the third. Fore lobe of the prothorax a little longer than the 

 hind lobe ; hind part of the middle furrow very distinct. Scutellum trian- 

 gular. Femora and fore tibia? piceous, the latter incrassated and clavate ; 

 fore tarsi very short. Length of the body 2 lines. 



a, b. Sierra Leone. From Mr. Foxcroft's collection. 



Genus 7. NABIS. 



Nabis, Latr. Gen. iii. 127. Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. Serv. Hist. Hem. 330. 

 Fieb. Eur. Hem. 159. Stal, Hem. Afr. iii. 41 — Reduviolus, Kirby, 

 Faun. Boy. Amer, Ins. 279 — Nabicula, Kirby, Faun. Bor. Amer. Ins. 

 281. 



