14.0 CATALOGUE OF 



Female. Pale testaceous, lanceolate. Head elongate-conical, more 

 than hall' as long as the protborax. Eyes piceous. Antennae more than 

 half as long as the body ; first joint shorter than the head ; second 

 longer than the head ; third a little shorter than the second; fourth shorter 

 than the third, a little longer than the first. Legs pale yellow. Fore 

 wings very little longer than the abdomen, with four black points, of which 

 one is costal. Hind wings while. Length of the body 3 lines. 



This species closely resembles N. ferus; the sctttellum is wholly pale 

 and the fore wings are a little shorter. 



a. New Zealand. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



Genus 8. CNEMODUS. 

 Cnemodus, H.-Sch. Wanz. Ins. ix. 184. 



1. Cnemodus brevipennis. 

 brevipennis, H.-Sch. Wanz. Ins. iv. 184, pi. 309, f. 948. 

 North America. 



Fam. 2. REDUVID^E. 



Reduvidae, Serv. Hist. Hem. 333— Acanthaspida, Slal, Hem. Afr. iii. 44, 

 119. 



Genus 1. PLATYMERIS. 



Platymeris, De Lap. Ess. Hem. 80. Burnt. Handb. Enl. ii. 233. Slal, 

 Hem. Afr. iii. ;i23 — Plalymerus, Blanch. Hist. Nat. Ins. iii. 104. 

 Serv. Hist. Hem. 333. 



Africa. 



Div. 1. 



1. Platymeris biguttata. 



, Stoll, Pun. 42, pi. 9, f. 62— Cimex biguttatus, Linn. Syst. Nat. 2, 



725 — Reduvius higuitalus, Fair. Syst. Ent. 731 ; Sp. Ins. ii. 381 ; 

 Mant. Ins. ii. 313; Ent. Syst. iv.'205; Syst. Rliyn. 266. Wolff, 

 Icon. Cim. ii. 82, f. 79— Plalymerus biguttatus, Blanch. Hist. Nat. 

 Ins. Hem. 104, pi. 2, f. 3. Serv. Hist.. Hem. 334 — Platymeris 

 bijjuUalH, Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. 233. Stat, Ofo. K. Vet. Ak'. Forh. 

 xvi. 188; Hem. Afr. iii. 124. 



a — c. Sierra Leone. Presented by ihe Rev. D. F. Morgan. 



Var.P Spots on thecorium inteous. 

 d. East Africa. Presented by Earl Russell. 



2. Platymeris guttatipennis. 

 guttatipennis, Stal, Hem. Afr. 125. 

 a. Natal. From M. Gueinzius' collection. 



