HEMIPTERA HETEROPTERA. 101 



tt First and second joints of the rostrum equally long. 

 § Body oblong. 



X Fore wings extending to the tip of the abdomen. - fascialivenlris. 

 X X Fore wings extending beyond the tip of the abdo- 

 men. -.---- venans. 



§§ Body somewhat elongated. ... obscuripennis. 



ft Hind lobe of the prothorax impressed lengthwise in 

 the middle. 

 X Body somewhat oblong. Prothorax black. Legs 



moderately long. 

 § Ante-ocular and post-ocular parts of the head almost 



equally long. ----- cingulatus. 



§§ Ante-ocular head a little shorter than the post-ocular. nanus. 



JJ Body somewhat elongated. Legs rather long. 



flavus, cinctipes, gulosus. 

 b. Scutellum foliaceous at the tip. 

 * Scutellum reflexed at the tip. Fore wings somewhat 



longer than the abdomen, 

 f First joint of the antenna; not twice as long as the 



head. ------ piclus. 



ff First joint of the antennae twice as long as the bead. sethiopicus. 



** Scutellum slightly foliaceous and dilated at the tip. 



Fore wings much longer than the abdomen. - Perrisi. 



31. Harpactor nitidulcs. 



Reduvius nitidulus, Fair. Ent. Syst. iv. 195 ; Syst. Rhyn. 268. Stal, Ofv. 

 K. V. Ak. Forh. xvi. 204; Hem. Afr. iii. 76 — Reduvius quadri- 

 tuberculatus, Pal. Beauv. Ins. 15, pi. 1, f. 5. 



Senegal. Gabon. 



a — d. Sierra Leone. Presented by the Rev. F. Morgan. 

 e. Old Calabar. From Mr. J. Gray's collection. 

 /. Old Calabar. From Mr. Murray's collection. 



32. HAHPACTOR MAROINATCS. 



marginatus, Frme. Arch. Ent. ii. 319 — Reduvius bellicosus, Stal, Hem. 

 Afr. iii. 76. 



Gabon. 



33. Harpactor obtusus. 



Reduvius obtusus, Pal. Beauv. Ins. 63. Hem. pi. 2, f. 2. Stal, Hem. Afr. 

 ii. 77 — Harpactor bituberculatus, Stal, Ofv. K. Vet. Ak. Forh xv. 446— 

 Harpactor transversus, Synt. Arch. Ent. ii. 319. 



Guinea. 



34. Harpactor acutus. 



Harpactor varipes, Sgnt. Arch. Ent. ii. 320 — Reduvius acutus, Pal. Beauv. 

 Ins. 63. Hem. pi. 2, f. 1. Stal, Hem. Afr. iii. 77. 



Calabar. 



