282 Mr. W. L. Distant on PiratiucTe. 



XLl.—Rhi/ncJiotal Notes.— XY . Heteroptera : Family Uedn- 

 viidffi {continued), Vn-atinsd a)id EctnchodiuiXi. By W. L. 

 Distant. 

 All the species described by Walker in the Piratinte and 

 Ectrichodin^e have been examined and their position considered 

 in this paper, while some of those he described under the 

 genus Eeduvius, and which were left over from the last paper, 

 are now determined; but a few more await further investiga- 

 tion, and will be dealt with subsequently. A number of new 

 species contained in the National Collection are described at 

 the same time. 



PiEATiyji:. 



Genus ECTOMOCOEIS. 



Ectomocoris atrox. 



Pirates atrox, Stal, CEfv. Vet.-Ak. Forli. 1855, p. 187. 



Pirates diffinis, Walk. Cat. Het. vii. p. 120. n. 77 (1873). 



Pirates yjjsilon, Kirbv, Journ. Liuu. Soc, Zool. xxiv. p. 113, pi. iv. fig. 8 



(1891). 

 Pirates stig^nativentris, Kirby, he. cit. p. 112. (Immature form.) 



Ectomocoris quadriguttatus. 



Peduvius quadriguttatv.s, Fabr. Spec. ii. p. 380 (1781). 



Pirates sextnaculatus, ^yalk. Cat. Het. vii. p. 116. n. 70 (1873). 



Pirates decisus, Walk. loc. cit. p. 118. n. 73. 



Walker, in his description of P. decisus (^upra), has 

 omitted to mention that the posterior lobe of the pronotum is 

 testaceous. 



Ectomocoris ruffemur. 



Pirates rnffemur, Walk. Cat. Het. vii. p. 119. n. 7C (1873). 

 Eumerus insiynis, Keut. Act. Soc. Sc. Fennic. xii. p. 317 (1881). 

 Eumerus Reuteri, Bol. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1882, p. 464. 



The spot described by Walker as near the tip of the 

 corium is really in the men)brane. Renter's description of 

 E. insignis will correctly replace the pseudo-description given 

 by Walker of his E. rufifemur. 



Ectomocoris posticus. 



Pirates posticus, Walk. Cat. Het. vii. p. 115. n. 69 (1873). 

 Eumei-usjlaviger, Stal. En. Hem. iv. p. 61 (1874). 



Ectomocoris elegnns. 



Reduvius elegans, Fabr. Syst. Rbyng. p. 270 (1803). 

 Pirates inscriptus, Walk. Cat. Het. vii. p. 115. n. 68 (1873). 



