62 DISTANT. 



abdominal apex, about iialf as long again as coi'ium; legs of moderate length, 

 longly, strongly pilose, not nodulose, tibiae as long as femora and coxue together; 

 abdomen with the fourth and fifth segments not dilated. 



Allied to Stachyomerus bj' the pilose legs^ Imt differing in the absence 

 of the femoral spines; the shorter and pilose legs^ etc., separate it from 

 Lamprosphodriisj from Pwcilosphodrus it is to be disting-uished by the 

 longer head, etc. 



Aga albomarginalis sp. nov. (Plate I, fig. 5, o.) 



Head, anterior lobe of pronotum, rostrum, sternum and legs castaneous brown ; 

 posterior lobe of pronotum, scutellum, eorium, membrane and abdomen beneath 

 pale oehraceous : anterior margins of anterior and posterior pronotal lobes, basal 

 margin of scutellum connected with a transverse fascia crossing base of eorium, 

 and strong lateral suffusious to sterniuu tomentosely white; abdomen beneatii 

 finely, somewhat longly pilose; legs longly, coarsely pilose; structural characters 

 as in generic diagnosis. 



Long. inel. membrane 13 millimeters, Exp. post, pronot. angl. .'3 

 millimeters. 



Hab. Philippine Islands; 2v"egros Occidental. Maihim, Bago (Charles 

 S. Banls collector). 



PHORTICUS stai. 



Rio Jan. Hem. (1858) 1, 69. 

 Type: P. viduus Stal. 



Phorticus cardui sp. nov. (Plate I, fig. 4.) 



Above orange-red; head, a large quadrate spot at each basal angle of the 

 pronotum, scutellum, two somewhat large rotundate spots to eorium (one near 

 apes of scutellum, the other near the posterior angle) and the membrane black; 

 apex of scutellmn and margins of membrane orange-yellow; body beneath orange- 

 red; head beneath and a spot at each basal angle of the prosternum black; legs 

 and antennae oehraceous; body and legs pilose; antemiEe with the first and second 

 joints incrassate, first joint slightly passing apex of head, second longer than 

 first, attenuate at base; pronotum obscurely, transversely impressed behind middle 

 and near base, the lateral margins from this Impression narrowed and rounded 

 to head, and longly pilose; scutellum with a faint central longitudinal ridged 

 line; eonnexivum exposed from about one-third from base; rostrum about 

 reaching middle of mesosternum. 



Long. 6 millimeters. 



Hab. Philippine Islands; Manila (Charles S. Banls collector). 



NAB IS Latreille. 



Gen. (1807) 3, 127 (part). 

 Type: A. apterus Fabr. 



Nabis iatreillei sp. nov. 



Head and anterior lobe of pronotiuu pale brownisb oehraceous, posterior pro- 

 notal lobe pale oehraceous; scutellum brownish oehraceous, with a spot on each 

 side and the apex pale oehraceous; eorium pale ochraeeoiis, clavuS; a broad 

 irregular medial fascia just beyond apex of clavus and the apical angular area 

 dark brownish oehraceous; membrane byline, the basal angle and a transverse 

 fascia near middle dark bro\vnish oehraceous; body beneath, rostrum and legs 



