HEM1PTERA HETEHOPTERA. 99 



27. Harpactor capitatos. 

 Corcia capitata, Stal, Ofv. K. Vet. Ak. Fork. xvi. 369. 

 New Granada. 



Div. 5. 



Pyrrhosphodrus, Stal, Ofv. K. V. Ak. Fork, xxiii. 295. 



28. Harpactor militaris. 

 Pyrrhosphodrus militaris, Stal, Ofv. K. Vet. Ak. Fork, xxiii. 298. 

 Amazon Region. 



29. Harpactor Amazonus. 

 Pyrrhosphodrus Amazonus, Stal, Ofv. K. Vet. Ak. Fork, xxiii. 298. 

 Amazon Region. 



Div. 6. 



Pindus, Stal, Ofv. K. V. Ak. Fork, xxiii. 296. 



30. Harpactor vittaticeps. 

 Pindus vittaticeps, Stal, Ofv. K. Vet. Ak. Fork, xxiii. 299. 

 Amazon Region. 



West, South and East Africa. 

 Dir. i. 



The species are distinguished by Prof. Stal as follows: — 



A. Hinder fore lobe of the prothorax more or less 



distinctly tuberculate in the middle. 

 a. Scutellum not forming an obtuse spine hindward. 

 * Rostrum wholly black. 

 f Abdomen and legs black ; fore femora except at 



each end red or yellowish testaceous. - - nitidulus. 



f f Border of the abdomen yellowish or testaceous, or 

 with yellowish or testaceous spots. Second joint 

 of the rostrum most often longer than the first. 

 X Hind lobe of the prothorax and corium yellowish, 



ochraceous, or reddish testaceous. 

 § Fore lobe of the prothorax yellowish or ochraceous. 

 X Scutellum ochraceous. - bellicosus. 



X X Scutellum black. ----- obtusus. 



§§ Fore lobe of the prothorax black. 

 X Second joint of the rostrum hardly longer than the 

 first. Post-ocular part of the head longer than 

 the ante-ocular part. - acutus. 



XX Second joint of the rostrum distinctly longer than 

 the first. Ante-ocular and post-ocular nearly 

 equally long, or the latter a little longer than 

 the former. 



