284 Mr, AV. L. Distant on Phatinaj. 



Pirates affinis. 



Peirates affinis, Serv. Ann. Sci. Nat. xxiii. p. 216 (1831). 

 Lestomerus affinis, Walk., var. ?, Cat. Ilet. vii. p. 91 (1873). 

 Lestomems jnceipennis, Walk. loc. cit. p. 92. n. 6. 

 Var. Lestomerus diffinis, Walk. loc. cit. n. 7. 



Pirates Walkeri, Leth. & Sev. Cat. G^n. H6m. t. iii. p. 127 (1 896). 



Pirates arciiatus. 



Spilodermus arcuatus. StSl, CEfv. Vet.-Ak. Fiirh. 1870, p. 692. 

 Pirates mutilhides, Walk. Cat. Het. vii. p. 120. n. 79 (1873). 



Pirates femoraUs. 



Lestomei-usfemoralis, Walk. Cat. Het. vii. p. 92. n. 6 (1873). 

 Pirates {Lestomerus) cruciatus, Horv. Term. Fiiz. iii. p. 148 (1879). 

 Pirates bicoloripes, Bredd. Abh. Ges. Halle, xxiv. p. 101 (1901). 



Althougli Walker only described the four anterior femora 

 as being " towards the base " " taviMiy," the whole of the 

 femora are reddish, varying in extent of that coloration from 

 the base. 



Pirates iurpis. 



Pirates turpis. Walk. Cat. Het. vii. p. 120. n. 78 (1873). 



Pirates ( Cleptocoris) brachypterus, Horv. Termesz, Fiizetek, iii. p. 148 



(1879). 

 Pirates concolor, Jakowleff, Bull. Mosc. Ivi. p. 213 (1881). 

 Pirates {Cleptocoris) mcestiis, Reut. Act. Soc. Sc. Fennic. xii. p. 311 



(1881). 



Pirates glaher. 



Pirates qlaber, Walk. Cat. Het. vii. p. 129. n. Ill (1873). 

 Sirthenea glabra, Leth. & Sev. Cat. G^n. H^in. t. iii. p. 129 (1896). 



Allied to P. ejyJiippiger, White. 



Pirates sohrius. 



Pirates sobrius, Walk. Cat. Het. vii. p. 128. n. 107 (1873). (Immature 



form.) 

 Sirthenea sobria, Leth. & Sev. Cat. G^n. H^m. t. iii. p. 129 (1896). 



Pirates noctis, sp. n. 



Piceous black, opaque, membrane shining; first and second 

 joints of the antennae (remainder mutilated), apices of anterior 

 femora, outer surfaces of intermediate and posterior femora, 

 the tibiae and tar.=^i testaceous ; disk of abdomen beneath 

 more or less obscure testaceous. Anterior lobe of pronotum 

 centrally sulcate and obscurely furrowed on each lateral area; 



