HEMIPTERA HETEROPTERA. 19] 



beneath very short. Fore wings piceous, pale testaceous at the base, and 

 with a pale testaceous patch before the middle ; veins of the membrane 

 pale cinereous. Length of the body 10 lines. 



a. Interior of South Africa. Presented by the Earl of Derby in 1843. 



38. Reduvius Negamicus. 



Mas. Rufus, subfusiformis ; caput prothoracis lobo anlico paullo longius, 

 nigro unislrigalum ; antenna nigra: , corporis dimidio longiores ; 

 prothoracis lobus anticus sulcalus, lobo postico brevior ; pedes sat 

 validi, femoribus anticis subincrassatis, tibiis tarsisque nigris ; ahe 

 anlicce nigrce, corii vitta costali plagaque rujis. 



Male. Red, subfusiform, dull, shining beneath. Head subfusiform, 

 a little longer than the fore lobe of the prothorax ; ante-ocular part as long 

 as the post-ocular, with a black streak in front. First and second joints of 

 the rostrum about equal in length. Antennae black, more than half as long- 

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

 third as long as the first. Fore lobe of the prothorax somewhat shorter 

 than the hind lobe, with strongly-marked furrows; fore angles not promi- 

 nent. Hind lobe with rounded and slightly prominent hind angles. Legs 

 rather stout; fore femora slightly thickened ; tibiae and tarsi black ; furrow 

 of the four anterior tibiae less than half as long as the latter. Fore wings 

 black ; corium with a red costal stripe extending from the base and joining 

 a red patch beyond the middle. Length of the body 8 lines. 



a. Lake N'gami. Presented by Earl Russell. 



39. Reduvius decisus. 



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

 antenna pubcscentcs, capite et prolhorace ad unum multo longiores; 

 prothoracis lobus anticus lobo postico multo brevior; lobus posticus 

 luteus ; femora quatuor anteriora crassa, subtus unispinosa ; corium 

 luteum, nigro unistrigattim ; membrana albido marginata. 



Male. Black, fusiform, smooth, shining. Head fusiform, a little 

 longer than the fore lobe of the prothorax; ante-ocular part much longer 

 than the post-ocular. Antennae pubescent, much longer than the head and 

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

 second more than six times as long as the first; third more than half as 

 long as the second. Prothorax with a longitudinal furrow which occupies 

 only the hind part of the fore lobe. Fore lobe much shorter than the hind 

 lobe, with a distinct transverse ridge on the fore border. Hind lobe luteous, 

 with rounded and not prominent hind angles. Scutellum hairy. Abdomen 

 piceous above. Four anterior femora incrassated, with a spine beneath 

 near the tip. Hind femora with a tubercle beneath near the tip. Furrow 

 of the fore tibiae about one-thiid as long as the latter. Corium luteous, 

 with a black streak along the apical part of the inner border. Membrane 

 narrowly whitish-bordered. Length of the body 13 lines. 



a. Sierra Leone. Presented by the Rev. U. F. Morgan. 



