HEMIPTERA HETEROPTERA. 181 



3. Reduvius tabidus. 



R. (Opsictetus) tabidus, Klug, Symb. Phys. p!. 19, f . 4 — Reduvius pallidus, 

 Slal, Ofv. K. V. Ak. Fork. xii. 88. 



South Russia. Alexandria; 



Div. 2. 



Holotricbius, Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. 247. Serv. Hist. Hem. 376. Fieb. 

 Eur. Hem. 42, 156. 



4. Reduvius maurus. 



Reduvius maurus, Fabr. Syst. Rhyn. 280. H.-Sch. Warn. Ins. vii. 14, 

 pi. 221, f. 692— Holotricbius Cyrilli, Costa, A. S. E. F. x. 283, pi. 6, 

 f. 2 — Holotricbius maurus, Fieb. Eur. Hem. 156, 387 — Holotiichius 

 denudatus, Costa, A.S.E. F. x. 24, pi. 6, f. 1. Serv. Hist. Hem. 377— 

 Fieb. Eur. Hem. 156. 



Italy. Greece. South Russia. North Africa. 



5. Reduvius tenebrosus. 



Holotiichius tenebrosus, Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. 248. Fieb. Eur. Hem. 156, 

 387 — Reduvius Laporteinus, Brulle, Exp. Mor. 79, pi. 31, f. 5 — 

 Holotricbius Laportei, Fieb. Eur. Hem. 156. 



Greece. 



North America. 



6. Reduvius puxgf.ns. 



pungens, Le Conte, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil. vii. 404 — personatus, var. ? 

 Georgia. 



Mexico. 



The two following species belong to two sections of the genus, as is 

 apparent by the comparative difference in length of the ante-ocular part of 

 the head. R. signiler much resembles R. personatus in structure. 



7. Reduvius guttatus. 



Fcem. Niger, longi-ovalis, pubescens ; caput prothoracis lobo antico aqui- 



longum ; antennce setulosce, gracillimcc, capite et prolhorace ad unum 



paullo longiores ; prothorax scaber, lobis aquilongis ; lobus posticus 



luleo bigultatus ; connexivum luleo maculalum; pedes pilosi,femoribus 



anlicis vix incrassatis ; alee anlicce luteo trigutlatce et unistrigalm. 



Female. Black, elongate-oval, pubescent, smooth and shining beneath. 



Head fusiform, as long as the fore lobe of the prothorax ; ante-ocular part 



much longer than the post-ocular. Antennae setulose, very slender, a little 



longer than the head and the prothorax together; first joint a li tile shorter 



than the ante-ocular head; second about six times as long as the first; 



third about one-fourth as long as the second. Prothorax scabrous, with 



rounded and not prominent angles. Fore lobe as long as the hind lobe. 



