HEMIPTERA HETEROPTERA. 17 



22. CONORHINUS MEGISTUS. 



Conorhinus megistus, Burm. Haudb. Enl. ii. 246— Lamus megistus, Stul, 

 Berl. Ent. Zeit. iii. 115. 



Brazil. 



23. CONORHINUS GENICULATES. 



Reduvius geniculatus, Lair. Humboldt, Rec. Obs. 225, xii. pi. 15, f. 12 — 

 Conorhinus lutulentus, Erichs. Schomb. Reise, Brit. Guiana, iii. — 

 Lamus penicillatus, Stal, Berl. Ent. Zeit. iii. 110, pi. 6, f. 4. 



a. South America. 



24. Conorhinus sanguisuga. 

 sanguisuga, Le Conte, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil. vii. 404. 

 Georgia. 



25. Conorhinus corticalis. 



Fcem. Cervinus, subtus ferrugineus ; caput prothorace brevius ; antenna? 

 nigra; ; prothorax antice bidenlalus et bitubereulalws, poslice nigro- 

 fasciatus ; scutelli spina apicalis nigra, cylindrical; abdominis 

 dorsum luteum ; connexivum nigro maculalum ; pedes nigri, femoribus 

 apice luleis ; alee anticce cinerece, fusvo conspersa. 



Female. Fusiform, fawn-colour, ferruginous beneath. Head nearly 

 linear, rather shorter than the prothorax; ante-ocular part much longer 

 than the post-ocular. Antennae black ; first joint extending to the tip of 

 the head ; second more than thrice as long as the first. Prothorax with two 

 ridges, which diverge landward ; lore lobe about half as long as the hind 

 lobe, with a tubercle on each side of the disk, and with a tooth on each side 

 of the fore border; hind lobe with rounded angles, and with a dentate black 

 band on the hind border. Scutelluin ending in a black cylindrical spine. 

 Abdomen luteous above. Connexivum with black spots. Legs black; 

 tips of femora luteous. Fore wings cinereous, with numerous pule brown 

 speckles. Hind wings pale cinereous. Length of the body 12 — 13^ lines. 



It is one of the division Lamus, but differs widely from C. megistus and 

 from C. penicillatus in the markings. 



a. Archidona. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



b. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



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



26. Conorhinus liunarius. 



Mas. Testaceus, longi-subfusiformis, subtus ferrugineus ; antenna nigra ; 

 prothorax nigro quinque-viltatus, antice piceus jlavo tuberculatus ; 

 scutelluin picrum, luleo univittatttm ; connexivum luteum, nigro 

 maculalum : pedes picei, femoribus basi genubusquc luleis ; femoribus 

 quatuor anlerioribus unidentatis ; ala antica nigro venosa. 



Male. Testaceous, elongate-subfusiform, narrower towards the head, 

 ferruginous beneath. Head rather shorter than the prothorax; ante- 

 ocular part more than twice as long as the post-ocular. Antennaj black; 



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