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CATALOGUE OF 
incrassated ; four anterior tibiae and tarsi tawny, with black tips. Wings 
extending to the tip of the abdomen. Corium of the fore wings testaceous 
for half the length from the base, with a white triangular subapical 
spot ; membrane whitish at the tip. Length of the body lines. 
Like R. pedestris in structure. 
a — d. Madeira. From Mr. Wollaston’s collection. 
122. Rhyparochromus glaberrimus. 
Mas. et foem. Fulvus, fusiformis, fere planus ; roslrum coxas intermedins 
atlingens ; antennae testacece, corporis dimidio longiores ; prothorax 
brevis, sulco antico transverso valde determinato ; pedes breves; alee 
abdominis apicern non attingenles. 
Male and female. Tawny, fusiform, smooth, very shining, nearly flat. 
Head triangular, a little narrower than the fore border of the prothorax. 
Eyes not prominent. Rostrum extending to the middle coxaj. Antennae 
testaceous, slender, more than half the length of the body, longer 
in the male than in the female; first joint a little shorter than the head ; 
second, third and fourth nearly equal in length, each shorter than the first. 
Prothorax short, hardly narrower in front, with a very indistinct transverse 
furrow near the fore border. Legs short, slender; fore femora incrassated. 
Wings not extending to the lip of the abdomen. Length of the body 
1 line. 
a — /. Madeira. From Mr. Wollaston’s collection. 
123. Rhyparochromus mundulus. 
Niger, nitens, glaber, ellipticus ; antennae piccce, corporis dimidio lon- 
giores, articulus 2 o Soque basi Jlavis, 4 o fulvo ; prolhorax brevis, 
transverse subsulcalus, postice punclatus ; pedes fulvi, breves ; corium 
fuscum ; membrana cinerea. 
Black, smooth, shining, elliptical. Head small. Eyes not prominent. 
Antennae piceous, slender, rather more than half the length of the body; 
first joint shorter than the head; second and third yellow at the base; 
second longer than the third; fourth tawny, as long as the third. Prothorax 
short, a little narrower in front, with a slight transverse furrow, between 
which and the hind border it is dull and punctured. Legs tawny, short; 
femora black ; fore femora incrassated. Wings extending to the tip of the 
abdomen. Corium of the fore wings brown ; membrane cinereous. Length 
of the body 1 line. 
a. Madeira. From Mr. Wollaston’s collection. 
South Africa. 
124. Rhyparochromus armipes. 
Lvgseus armipes, Fabr. Ent. Sysl. iv. 164; Syst. Rhyn. 231 — Lygaeus 
albostriatus, Fabr. Syst. Rhyn. 229 — Beosus albostriatus, Slal. Hem. 
Afr. ii. 168 — Beosus armipes, St al Hem. Fabr. i. 79 — Rhyparochro- 
mus albostriatus, C. H. 567. 
Guinea. 
