HEMIPTERA HETEROPTERA. 



19S 



the first. Prothorax with rounded and not prominent angles. Fore lobe 

 much shorter and more convex than the bind lobe, wilh distinct oblique 

 furrows. Scutellum ending in a red, stout, obtuse, obliquely ascending spine. 

 Sutures of the ventral segments black. Four anterior femora red, stout, 

 black at the base and at the tips. Furrow beneath the four anterior tibiae 

 less than half as long as the latter. Length of the body 7 lines. 



a. Natal. From M. Gueinzius' collection. 



43. Reduvius pusillus. 



Mas. Niger, fere linearis ; caput prothoracis lobo antico longius ; 

 antennce capite el prothorace ad unum longiores, arliculo \o robusto ; 

 femora antica crassa. 



Male. Black, minutely punctured, nearly linear. Head fusiform, 

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

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

 prothorax together; first joint stout, as long as the ante-ocular head; 

 second nearly twice as long as the first ; third much longer than the second ; 

 fourth longer than the third. Prothorax wilh rounded and not prominent 

 angles. Fore lobe full as long as the hind lobe, wilh slight furrows. 

 Scutellum ending in a short horizontal spine. Fore femora incrassated. 

 Furrow beneath the fore tibiae about one-third as long as the latter. Length 

 of the body 3 lines. 



a. Region of the river Niger. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



South Asia. 



A. Fore lobe of the prothorax as long as the hind lobe, 

 f Fore femora not thick. - 



ff Fore femora thick. - 



B. Fore lobe hardly shorter than the hind lobe. 



a. Body red. ------ 



b. Body black. 



* Hind femora piceous. - 

 ** Hind femora ferruginous. - 



C. Fore lobe a little shorter than the hind lobe. 



a. Scutellum ascending. 



* Head wilh no spine between the antenna?. 

 ** Head with a spine between ihe eyes. 



f Furrows of the fore lobe well defined, 

 f f Furrows of the fore lobe slight. - 



b. Scutellum horizontal. - 



D. Fore lobe rather shorter than the hind lobe. 



a. Hind lobe of the prothorax black. - 



b. Hind lobe of the prothorax red. - 



B. biannulipes is said to inhabit the West Indies as 

 Eastern Isles. 



divisicollis. 

 perpusillus. 



pyrrhophorus. 



Sinensis, 

 rivulosus. 



biligalus. 



argillaceus. 



conspersus. 



singularis. 



rivulosus. 

 tenebrosus. 



well as various 



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