18 CATALOGUE OF 



first joint nearly as long as the ante-ocular head; second nearly twice as 

 long as the first. Prothorax piceous towards the fore border, with five 

 black stripes, of which the outer pair are angular and the inner pair are 

 interrupted ; no suture between the lobes; some pale yellow tubercles near 

 the fore bonier, and a pale yellow obtuse spine on each side of the front of 

 the pectus ; hind angles rounded, rather prominent. Scutellum piceous, 

 elongate-triangular, with a luteous stripe. Connexivum luleous, with 

 quadrate black spots. Legs piceous; femora luteous at the base; four 

 anterior femora with a tooth beneath near the tip ; knees luteous. Fore 

 wings extending to the tip of the abdomen ; veins black. Length of the 

 body 13 lines. 



This species has some affinity to Eratyrus in the rudimentary spines of 

 the fore lobe of the prothorax. 



a. British Guiana. Presented by Sir R. Schomburgk. 



27. Conorhinus LIMOSUS. 



Mas et foein. Piceus, fusiformis, subtus ferrugineus ; caput iestaceo 

 univittatum ; anlennarum arliculi lus et 2us fulvi, hie apice niger ; 

 prothorax Iestaceo septem vittalus ; scutellum vitlis duabus spinaque 

 apicali teslaceis ; abdominis discus dorsalis rufescens ; tibiae lutea, 

 fusco bifasciatce ; alee anliecc fuscce, venarum marginibus guttisque 

 exterioribus cinereis. 



Male and female. Piceous, fusiform, excepting the head, ferruginous 

 beneath. Head cylindrical, with a testaceous stripe, a little longer than 

 the prothorax; ante-ocular part thrice as long as the post-ocular. First 

 joint of the antenna? tawny, very short; second tawny, black towards the 

 tip, full four limes as long as the first; third more than half as long as the 

 second. Prothorax with seven testaceous stripes, of which the inner pair 

 are on ridges; fore lobe about half as long as the hind lobe, with acute 

 and slightly prominent fore angles; hind lobe with rounded and not 

 prominent angles. Scutellum with two testaceous stripes, ending in a short 

 cylindrical testaceous spine. Abdomen mostly reddish in the disk above. 

 Tibia; luteous, with two brown bands. Fore wings brown ; borders of the 

 veins and some dots in the areolets of the membrane cinereous. Hind 

 wings cinereous. Length of the body 9J— 10 lines. 



It belongs to the division Rhodnius, but the antennas are four times as 

 far from the eyes as from the lip of the head. 



a. Columbia. From M. Goudol's collection. 



b. Archidona. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



28. Conorhinus arenarius. 



Mas. Cinereo-fuscus, longisubfusifortnh ; caput prothorax paullo 

 brevius ; anlennarum arliculus lus subclavalus, setulosus ; prothorax 

 tulcalus ; scutellum trisulcaium, apice tuberculatum ; segmentorum 

 abdominalium anguli jiostici subdilalati ; pedes nigro conspcrsi, 

 femoribuB anticis incrassatis ; corium striga costuli cinerea. 



Male. Cinereous-brown, clongate-subfusiform. Head cylindrical, 

 a lilllc shorter than the prothorax; ante-ocular part twice as long as the 



