HEM1PTERA HETEROPTERA. 



6. TlARODES JUNCTURUS. 



Mas. JLuleus, longissime ovalis, subtus planus ; caput atrum, pro thoracis 

 lobo antico longius; antenna capite pau/lo longiores ; prolhoraeis 

 lobus anticus lobo poslico paullo brevior ; lobus posticus, scutellum et 

 abdominis dorsum atra ; venter apicem versus nigro fascia tus ; con- 

 nexivum albido maculalum. 



Male. Luteous, very elongate-oval, smooth, shining. Head lanceo- 

 late, deep black above, longer than the fore lobe of the prothorax and 

 hardly half as broad ; ante-ocular part more than thrice as long as the 

 post-ocular. Antennae a little longer than the head ; first and second joints 

 thick; first a little shorter than the ante-ocular head; second more than 

 twice as long as the first; third shorter than the first; fourth shorter than 

 the third. Prothorax with a longitudinal excavation, which occupies the 

 hind part of the fore lobe and the fore part of the hind lobe. Fore lobe a 

 little shorter than the hind lobe, a prominent tubercle on each fore angle. 

 Hind lobe, scutellum and dorsum of the abdomen deep bluck. Under side 

 of the abdomen with variously-shaped black bauds towards the lip; its disk 

 and the pectus flat. Connexivum with whitish spots. Tibiae, tarsi, tips of 

 the four anterior tibiae, apical half of the hind tibiae and tarsi black. Fore 

 wings deep black; a large round pure white spot near the base; veins 

 cinereous-black. Length of the body 15 lines. 

 a. ? Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



Genus 11. SALYAVATA. 



Salyavata, Serv. Hist. Hem. 349. 



This genus alone forms the Salyavatidae of Serville. 



1. Salyavata variegata. 

 variegata, Serv. Hist. Hem. 350, pi. 6, f. 6. 

 Cayenne. 



a. Para. Presented by G. Graham, Esq. 



b. Amazon Region. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



Genus 12. PETALOCHIRUS. 



Petalocheirus, Pal. Beauv. Ins. 13 — Petalochirus, Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. 

 246. Serv. Hist. Hem. 377. Stal, Hem. Afr. iii. 144. 



Petalochirus and Holotrichius (which latter is here included in 

 Reduvius) constitute the Ilololrichidae, Serv. Hist. Hem. 37b*. 



Africa. 



Div. 1. 



A. Head with two spines behind the antenna;. 

 Platychiria, Il.-Sch. Wunz. Ins. ix. 93. 



1. Petalochirus umbrosus. 

 Platychiria umbrosa, H.-Sch. Wunz. Ins. ix. 126, pi. f. 945 — Petalochirus 

 umbrosus, Slal, Hem. Afr. iii. 145. 



a — e. Natal. From M. Gueinzius' collection. 



