Mr. W. L. Distant on Reduvlida?. 187 



A species probably synonymic with one previously 

 described, and here only denoted in its proper genus. 



Spiniger nothus, sp. n. 



Spmu/er maculifer, Walk, (part.), Cat. Het. vil. p. 162. u. 54 (1873). 

 Spinujer pulchcllm, Walk, (part.), loc. cit. p. 163. n. 50. 



The series of specimens thus identified by Walker represent 

 two species. A reference to the description of puhhellaH will 

 show that Walker has described the hind lobe of the pro- 

 notum twice over, which refers to two species, while under 

 the description of S. maculifer he has correctly given the 

 spotted under surface of the larger species and its correct 

 dimensions, with other characters which do not apply to 

 anything else to be found. 



Head, pronotum, scutellum, body beneath, and legs black ; 

 head from between the eyes, second joint of antennte, tuber- 

 cular anterior angles, two long discal spines, and a short 

 tubercular spine on each lateral margin of anterior pronotal 

 lobe, a central subbasal fascia and the lateral areas and spines 

 of posterior pronotal lobe, scutellar spine, basal angle of 

 coriuni, coxa3, acetabula, two large discal spots (sometimes 

 united) on second, third, and fourth abdominal segments, 

 and small elongate spots on abdominal margin, luteous; 

 hemelytra cinnamon-brown ] coriuni with a pale narrow sub- 

 costal luteous fascia. 



Anterior lobe of pronotum with two long ascending discal 

 spines, the anterior angles spinously tuberculate, and with a 

 short tubercle on each lateral margin; lateral angles of poste- 

 rior lobes longly, straightly, spinously produced ; scutcHar 

 spine long, nearly perpendicular. 



Long. 24-29 millim.; exp. pronot. angl. 7^-9 millim. 



Ilah. Amazons (Brit. Mus.). 



Spiniger mixtus, sp. n. 

 Spiniger imlchdlus, Walk, (part.), Cat. Ilet. vii. p. 1G3, n. 50 (1873). 



Black ; a broad anterior fascia to posterior lobe of pronotum 

 and occupying the lateral angles, base and lateral margins to 

 corium, ochraceous ; a transverse fascia to corium near base 

 of membrane and abdomen beneath stramineous ; sternum 

 and legs black ; under surface of basal joint of rostrum, central 

 fascia to head beneath, under surfaces of anterior and inter- 

 mediate femora, and coxa3 stramineous ; posterior margin to 

 prosternum and a posterior spot on each side of mesosternum 

 ochraceous ; anterior lobe of pronotum with two long erect 

 black spines, their bases ochraceous, the anterior angles 



