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CATALOaUE OF 
3. Acixocoris bilineatus. 
Mas. Niger, ellipticus, cinereo tomenlosus ; rostrum segmentum Lum 
ventrale ailingens ; antennae corpore multo breviores ; prothorax 
lateribus margineque postico luteis ; venter luteo maculariter 
bivittatus ; pedes lulei, femoribus nigro notatis, tibiis basi nigris ; 
corium costa pallide testacea, linea discali liitea ; membrana cinereo 
tenuiler marginata. 
Male. Black, elliptical, punctured, with cinereous lomentum. Head 
triangular. Eyes very prominent. Rostrum extending to the first ventral 
segment. Antennae much shorter than the body; first joint very much 
longer than the head; second about half the length of the first; third 
much shorter than the second ; fourth much longer than the second. Pro- 
thorax with a strongly-marked middle furrow ; sides and hind border 
luteous. Legs luteous ; femora with some black marks ; tibiae black at the 
base. Corium with a pale testaceous costa and vviih an oblique luteous 
line in the disk. Membrane with a narrow cinereous border. Length of 
the body 4^ lines. 
a. Demerara. Presented by F. Moore, Esq. 
4. ACINOCORIS INCLUDENS. 
Mas. Niger, subfusiformis ; rostrum coxas hitermedias attingens ; 
antennae corporis dimidio longiores ; prothorax postice Jlavo trimacu- 
lalus ; venter vittis duabus macularibus Jlavis ; femora tibiaeque 
Jlava,illa nigro vittata ; corium Jlavo bivitlatum ; membrana albido 
tenuiter marginata. 
Male. Black, subfusiform, somewhat roughly punctured. Head tri- 
angular, Eyes very prominent. Rostrum extending to the middle coxae. 
Antennae rather more than half the length of the body ; first joint longer 
than the head; second very much shorter than the first; third much 
shorter than the second ; fourth a little shorter than the first. Prothorax 
with a strongly-defined transverse furrow at a little in front of the middle; 
a yellow spot on the hind border and one on each hind angle. Abdomen 
beneath with two macular yellow stripes. Femora and tibiae yellow, the 
former striped with black; fore femora beneath with a minute subapical 
spine. Corium with a yellow costal stripe and a curved yellow stripe in 
the disk, joining the costa at each end ; membrane with a narrow whitish 
border. Length of the body 4 lines. 
a, b. Cuenca. From Mr. Fraser’s collection. 
Genus 17. THERANEIS. 
Theraneis, Spin. Ess. Hem. 181 — Theraneis et Stenomacra, Stal, K. Sv. 
Vet. Ak. Handl. 1870, 97. 
1. Theraneis scapha. 
Lygaeus scapha, Pertg, Del. An. Art. Bras. 172, pi, 34, f. 8 — Largus 
incisus, H.-Sch. Wanz. Ins. ix. 182, pi. 317, f. 981— Stenomacra 
scapha, Stal, K, Sv, Vet. Ak. Handl. 1870, 97. 
a. Brazil. 
