182 Mr. \V. L. Distant on Rcduvildce. 



Among llic characters not mentioned by Walker in liis 

 description are the following : — A rounded black spot on 

 corium near base of membrane and a smaller ochraceous spot 

 at about centre of apical margin to corium. 



Genus Varus. 

 Varus variiis. 

 licdunus varius, Walk. Cat. Ilet. vii. p. 190. n. 37 (1873). 



Genus Reduvius. 

 Bcduvius sejnifldvus. 

 lieduvius semijiarus, Walk. Cat. Ilet. vii. p. 190. u. 3G (1873). 



Corium luteons, with a transverse dark castaneous fascia 

 crossing base of membrane, but not quite reaching the lateral 

 margins, and with its apical angle also castaneous ; clavus 

 luteous, with a dark castaneous median longitudinal fascia. 



lieduvius humeral is. 



Accmihaqns humemlis, Scott, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) xiv. p. 40 

 (1874). 



Closely allied to E. tenehrosus, Walk. (Cat. Het. vii. p. 194, 

 1873), from China. Scott's type is in the British Museum. 



Reduvius laheculatus, sp. n. 



Brownish ochraceous ; head, anterior lobe of pronotum, and 

 scutcllum piceous ; corium with the veins, a large subbasal 

 spot, two or three small distinct spots at inner angular area, 

 and a spot before apical angles, pale luteous ; connexivuni 

 alternately ochraceous and piceous ; membrane fuliginous, 

 wilh the veins paler ; meso- and metaslorna, abdomen beneath, 

 and coxa3 dark shining castaneous ; legs ochraceous ; a central 

 and apical annulation to femora, base and apical area of 

 anterior and intermediate tibia3, base and apex of posterior 

 tibiiB, and apices of the tarsi, castaneous; antennaj ochra- 

 ceous, extreme apices of first and second joints castaneous. 

 Pronotum very strongly centrally channelled on disk, its 

 lateral angles obtuse; body moderately pilose, its lateral 

 margins, legs, and antennae longly pilose. 



Long. 15-15^ millim. 



Ilah. British East Africa : Samburu and Voi (C. S. Betton, 

 Brit. Mus.). 



Eeduvius luteipes, sp. n. 



Above piceous; beneath piceous brown ; head in front of 



