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Genus 2. POTHEA. 

 Pothea, Serv. Hist. Hem. 344. Stal, Ofv. K. V. Ak. Fork. xvi. 184. 



A. Prothorax wholly red above. ... - ventralis. 



B. Prothorax partly yellow. - frontalis. 



C. Prothorax black, with three yellow streaks. - - reciproca. 



D. Prothorax wholly black. ... - centralis. 



1. Pothea ventralis. 



Reduvius ventralis, St. Farg. el Serv. Enc. Mkth. x. 280 — Pothea ventralis, 

 Serv. Hist. Hem. 345. 



Cayenne. 



2. Pothea frontalis. 



Reduvius frontalis, St. Farg. el Serv. Enc. Meth. x. 280— Pothea frontalis, 

 Serv. Hist. Hem. 345. 



Cayenne. 



a. Amazon Region. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



3. Pothea .eneonitens. 



aeneouitens, Stal, A. S. E. F. Ame Ser. iv. 59. 



North America. 



4. Pothea lugens. 



Reduvius lugens, Fabr. Syst. Rhyn. 269 — Pothea lugens, Slal, Hem. 

 Fabr. i. 119. 



South America. 



5. Pothea jEnescens. 



Ectrichodia lugens, Stal, Rio Jan. Hem. 72 — Pothea aenescens, Stal, Hem. 

 Fabr. i. 119. 



Rio Janeiro. 



6. Pothea dichroa. 



dichroa, Stal, A. S. E. F. 4me Sir. iv. 59. 



Brazil. 



7. Pothea venosa. 



venosa, Stal, Ofv. K. V. Ak. Forh. xvi. 185. 



Brazil. 



8. Pothea centralis. 



Mas et fuem. Nigra; abdomen luteum, nigro biviltatum ; ala antica 

 alra. Var. (i. — Abdomen rtifum, nigro bivit latum. Var. y. — Var. #. 

 similis ; venter nigro fasciatus. Var. S. — Venter nigcr, xitta 

 nigra incisa valde abbreviala. 



Male and female. Black, smooth, shining, fusiform, excepting the 

 bead. Head elongate-fusiform, very slender; aute-ocular part a little 



