HEMIPTERA HETEROPTEIU. 179 



longer than the head and the prothorax together; first joint longer lliau 

 the ante-ocular head ; second more than thrice as long as the first, yellow 

 at the base. Fore lobe of the prothorax with six luteous spines, very much 

 shorter than the hind lobe, which has a long luteous spine on each bind 

 angle. Sculellum witli an obliquely ascending luteous spine. Legs long, 

 slender; femora yellow, black and with a yellow band towards the lip; 

 tibia? with a yellow band towards the base ; hind tibiae yellow. Length of 

 the body 9£ lines. 



a. Australia. Presented by the Entomological Club. 



Div. 2. 



Sphedanocoris, Slal, Ofv. K. Vet. Ak. Fork, xxiii. 240. 



64. ACANTHASPIS SABULOSA. 



Acanthaspis sahulosa, Stat, A. S. E. F. \me Sir. iii. 52 — Sphedanocoris 

 sabulosa, Stal, Ofv. K. Vet. Ak. Fork, xxiii. 241. 



a. Australia. 



Div. 3. . 

 65. Acanthaspis vabians. 

 Cerilocus? varians, Stal, A. S. E. F. 4me Ser. iii. 54. 

 a. Australia. Presented by the Earl of Derby in 1844. 



Country unknown. 



66. Acanthaspis picina. 

 picina, Stal, A. S. E. F. 4me Sir. iii. 49. 

 a, b. ? From Mr. Vigors' collection. 



Genus 5. KEDUVIUS. 



Keduvius, Fabr. Syst. Rhyn. Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. 234. Serv. Hist. 

 Hem. 337. Fieb. Hem. Eur. 42. 



Prof. Stal arranges the group of which R. persouatus is the type as 

 follows : — 



A. Legs wholly brown. - 1. personatus, Lin. 2. villosus, Fabr. 



B. Legs pale or with pale hands. 



a. All the femora brown or blackish brown at the tips. 



Furrow of the fore tibia? about one-third or more 

 than a third as long as the latter. 

 * All the femora brown or tinged therewith in the middle. 3. nigricans, 

 Kluy. 4. nigrofuscus, Stal. 5. larsatus, Germ. 6. annulutus, Stal. 

 ** Femora neither brown nor tinged with brown in the 

 middle, pale beyond the middle. Connexivum pale, 

 with brown spots. - - - " T" nebulosus > Klug. 



b. Legs pale ; hind femora sometimes blackish at the tips. 



