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shorter than the post-ocular. Eyes slightly prominent. Antennae hairy, 

 longer than the head and the prolhorax together; tirst joint longer than 

 the ante-ocular head; second very much longer than the first; third and 

 following joints shorter than the first. Prolhorax with a slight and much- 

 abbreviated longitudinal furrow; fore lobe semicircular, shorter than the 

 hind lobe. Abdomen luteous, with a black stripe on each side above and 

 beneath. Fore wings deep black. Var. /3. — Abdomen red, with two black 

 stripes. Var.y. — Like var. /3. Abdomen with black bands beneath. Var. 8. 

 — Abdomen black beneath, except a luteous notched and much-abbreviated 

 stripe. Length of the body 5£ — 6\ lines. 



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



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



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



d. Amazon Kegion. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



e. Archidoua. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



9. POTHEA EECIPROCA. 



Foem. Nigra ; caput longi-fusiforme, luleo tristrigalum, prothoracis lobo 

 antico mullo longius ; connexivum el ventris discus lulea. 



Female. Black, smooth, shining, fusiform, excepting the head. Head 

 elongate-fusiform, very much longer than the fore lobe of the prothorax; 

 with three luteous streaks, one along the inner side of each eye, the third 

 on the middle lobe and nearer the tip ; ante-ocular part much shorter than 

 the post-ocular. Eyes slightly prominent. Antennae longer than the head 

 and the prothorax together, inserted at a little in front of the eyes; first 

 joint a little shorter than the ante-ocular head ; second much longer than 

 the first ; third shorter than the second ; fourth shorter than the third. 

 Prothorax with a slight longitudinal furrow; lobes about equally long. 

 Scutellum with two very short wide-apart apical points. Connexivum and 

 disk of the under side of the abdomen luteous. Legs slender; furrow 

 beneath the four anterior tibias very short. Length of the body 5 lines. 



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



Genus 3. CIMBUS. 



Cimhus, Hahn, Wanz. Ins. i. 34. Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. 245. Serv. 

 Hist. Hem. 385. Stal, Ofv. K. V. Ak. Fork. xvi. 185. 



1. ClMBUS rnODUCTUS. 



productus, Hahn, Wanz. Ins. i. 34, pi. 6, f. 23. Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. 

 245. Blanch. Hist. Nat. Ins. iii. 108. Serv. Hist. Hem. 385, pi. 7, 

 f. 6. 



Java. 



Div.2. 



Sphinctocoiis, Mayr, Vcrh. Zool. Bot. Ges. Wien. xv. 440. 



