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CATALOGUE OP 



Hind lobe with two luteous dots on the fore border. Scutellum horizontal. 

 Connexivum with luteous spots. Legs hairy ; fore femora hardly in- 

 crassated; furrow beneath the four anterior tibia? not more than one-fourth 

 as long as the latter. Curium with a luteous basal dot; clavus with a short 

 luteous streak ; membrane with two luteous dots on its junction with the 

 curium. Length of the body 5^ lines. 



a, b. Oajaca. From M. Salle's collection. 



8. Reduvius signifer. 



Mas. Niger, fusiformis ; caput prothoracis lobo anlico paullo longius ; 

 antenna corpure breviores, arliculu \o fulvo ; prothoracis lobus anticus 

 valde sulcatus, lobo postico paullo brevior ; scutellum apicem versus 

 compressum ; alee anticce basi lutescente strigatee, venis lutescenle 

 maryinatis. 



Male. Black, fusiform, dull, smooth and shining beneath. Head 

 elliptical, a little longer than the fore lobe of the prothorax ; ante-ocular 

 part shorter than the posl-ocular. Antennae much longer than ihe head 

 and the prothorax together; first joint tawny, much longer than the ante- 

 ocular head; second much longer than the first; third a little shorter than 

 the second; fourth as long as the third. Fore lobe of the prothorax with 

 deep furrows, a little shorter than the hind lobe ; fore angles rectangular, 

 not prominent. Hind lobe with a middle furrow; hind angles rounded, 

 slightly prominent. Scutellum compressed towards the tip. Furrow 

 beneath the fore tibiae not one-third as long as the latter. Fore wings with 

 some dull luteous streaks towards the base; veins bordered with dull 

 luteous. Length of the body 6 lines. 



a. Oajaca. From M. Salle's collection. 



b. St. Domingo. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



c. Venezuela. From Mr. Birschell's collection. 



d. Columbia. From M. Goudot's collection. 



South America. 



A. Prothorax testaceous or tawny. 



a. Scutellum ascending. 



b. Scutellum horizontal. 

 B. 



Prothorax black or piceous. 

 Fore lobe with luteous tubercles. - 

 Fore lobe with no luteous tubercles. 

 Membrane with pale-bordered veins. 

 Corium with testaceous streaks. - 

 Corium with luteous marks. ... 



Fore win^s with a patch, an interrupted band, and 

 a streak luteous. - 



*** Fore wings with a luteous patch, 

 f Legs not short. - 

 ft Legs short. - 



**** fore wings with white streaks. - 

 ***** Corium with luteous-bordered veins. 



a. 



b. 



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t 

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pallescens. 

 decolor. 



tenebrosus. 



partitus. 

 lugubris. 



xanthospilus. 



signatus. 



crassipes. 



plagipennis. 



areolalus. 



